Model launchesFor Claude fans: Sonnet 5 has arrived, Fable returns tomorrowAnthropic announced the release of Sonnet 5 for Claude users and said that the Fable model will return tomorrow; according to the statement there was a lot of misunderstanding around Sonnet 5, so they also tried to clarify the details in a video.1 min read
Model launchesGoogle’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) released as a fast, low-cost image modelGoogle’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image, marketed as Nano Banana 2 Lite, is presented as the fastest and cheapest Gemini image model optimized for speed and scale.2 min read
Model launchesAnthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5 with 1M-token context and new tokenizer that raises effective costsAnthropic published Claude Sonnet 5 with a million-token context window, up to 128,000 output tokens, and several API changes.3 min read
Model launchesClaude Sonnet 5 available on Cursor, better results on CursorBenchThe Claude Sonnet 5 model is now available on the Cursor platform.1 min read
Model launchesTabFM: a foundation model for tabular prediction using in‑context learningTabFM reframes tabular classification and regression as an in‑context learning (ICL) problem, allowing one‑pass predictions on previously unseen tables without per‑dataset training, hyperparameter tuning, or manual feature engineering.4 min read
Model launchesMeituan releases 1.6-trillion-parameter LongCat-2.0 with 1M-token context and China-made ASIC trainingMeituan has published LongCat-2.0, a 1.6-trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with a native one-million-token context window, under an MIT license and commercially available pricing.6 min read
Model launchesBase44 launches its own LLM to improve efficiency of vibe-codingBase44, the vibe-coding startup acquired by Wix for $80 million a year ago, has begun rolling out its own large language model, Base1, to better tailor latency, cost and accuracy for app creation.4 min read
Model launchesOrnith-1.0: open-weight language models tuned for agentic codingDeepReinforce released Ornith-1.0, an open-weights (MIT) family of language models optimized for agent-style coding workflows.3 min read
Model launchesAsian startups launch alternatives as U.S. export ban sidelines Anthropic modelsTwo Asian companies — Tokyo-based Sakana AI and Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 — have released AI models they say can stand alongside Anthropic’s restricted Mythos and Fable 5, after a U.S.4 min read
Model launchesApple unveils AFM 3 Core Advanced — an MoE-inspired model optimized for on-device useApple announced AFM 3 Core Advanced, a 20-billion-parameter foundation model variant optimized to run locally on Apple silicon.4 min read
Model launchesZ.ai releases GLM-5.2: open-weights 753B model with 1‑million‑token context and competitive agentic performanceZ.ai announced GLM-5.2, an open-weights mixture-of-experts transformer with 753 billion parameters and an input context up to 1 million tokens.4 min read
Model launchesLiquid AI launches 230M‑parameter LFM2.5‑230M for on‑device data extraction and agentic edge workflowsLiquid AI released LFM2.5‑230M, a 230‑million‑parameter foundation model optimized for on‑device data extraction, tool calling and autonomous edge systems.4 min read
