Model launchesPoolside AI’s Model Factory and Laguna S: engineering-driven open model developmentPoolside AI published a technical report describing its “Model Factory” and the recently released Laguna S (118B parameters, 8B active).5 min read
Model launchesOpen-model landscape: Kimi K3, GLM 5.2, Qwen and the distillation debateHosts Nathan Lambert and Florian Brand review the recent surge in Chinese open models after Kimi K3’s release, compare them to GLM 5.2 and Qwen, and discuss infrastructure, data and talent factors that may explain rapid progress.5 min read
Model launchesGoogle's Gemini 3.6 Flash improves multimodal features but not reasoning scoreGoogle released Gemini 3.6 Flash, extending multimodal capabilities (text, images, video, audio, PDFs), a one‑million‑token context window, and faster, cheaper responses.2 min read
Model launchesAnthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 with faster, more reliable and resource‑controllable enterprise AIAnthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on May 28, 2026, upgrading Opus 4.7 with improved benchmark performance, greater reliability in agentic tasks, and new user controls for computational effort.5 min read
Model launchesAnthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 with stronger coding, higher‑resolution vision and built‑in cyber safeguardsAnthropic has made Claude Opus 4.7 generally available on April 16, 2026, positioning it as an incremental but notable upgrade over Opus 4.6 for complex software engineering, long‑running agentic tasks and high‑resolution vision.4 min read
Model launchesAnthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5, optimized for coding, long contexts and agentic workflowsAnthropic announced Claude Sonnet 4.5 on September 29, 2025, a new generation model focused on code, extended context tasks and improved reasoning.5 min read
Model launchesAnthropic launches Claude Haiku 4.5 — near-frontier coding model that is faster and cheaperAnthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5 on October 15, 2025, a smaller model that delivers near-frontier coding performance at roughly one-third the cost and more than twice the speed of Claude Sonnet 4.3 min read
Model launchesAnthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 with 1M-token context beta and upgraded coding and reasoningAnthropic announced Claude Opus 4.6 on Feb 5, 2026, a new Opus-class model with improved coding, longer agentic task performance, stronger long-context retrieval and a 1 million token context window in beta.5 min read
Model launchesAnthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 with larger context window and improved computer‑use skills at same priceAnthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Feb 17, 2026), a Sonnet‑class model that improves coding, computer use, long‑context reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work and design while introducing a 1‑million‑token context window in beta.5 min read
Model launchesAnthropic launches Claude Opus 4.5: cheaper, more efficient coding, agents and long-context workflowsAnthropic released Claude Opus 4.5 on Nov 24, 2025, positioning it as an improved model for software engineering, agentic workflows and long-context tasks.4 min read
Model launchesOpenAI launches ChatGPT for small businesses with ChatGPT Work and GPT‑5.6OpenAI has introduced a ChatGPT for small businesses program to help entrepreneurs increase productivity and scale operations using AI.3 min read
Model launchesGPT-5.6 Sol reaches a new peak in cybersecurity exerciseThe GPT-5.6 Sol language model achieved a performance representing a new state on the “The Last Ones” cyber range; the capability was demonstrated as part of Codex Security.1 min read
