OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, Codex and API
The Sol, Terra and Luna lineup creates a ladder of cost and compute, with prices already revised once after launch.
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Latest: AI Models. Coverage of AI models, products, research, chips, business and policy, with clear context and links to primary sources.Google says Gemma 4 can run on 16 GB machines
The 12 billion parameter model adds native audio input and downloadable weights, although memory capacity alone does not guarantee practical local performance.
Read moreClaude Sonnet 5 makes agentic work the default tier
Anthropic put its new model across Claude plans, Claude Code and the API, with temporary launch pricing that expires after August.
Read moreGoogle splits Gemini Flash across speed, cost and cyber defense
Two general models reached developer tools while the security specialist stayed limited to government and trusted testing partners through CodeMender.
Read moreKimi K3 puts 2.8 trillion parameters behind open weights
Moonshot released a very large multimodal agent model with a custom license, one-million-token context and hardware demands far beyond an ordinary laptop.
Read moreGrok 4.5 targets coding amid an unresolved launch-date conflict
Reporting placed the release on July 8, while xAI's current product page says July 16 and its developer documentation followed a day later.
Read moreAnthropic launches Claude Opus 5 between Sonnet and Fable
Anthropic positioned the model near Fable performance at about half its price, making workload choice more important than a simple upgrade label.
Read moreDeepSeek opens a million-token Flash beta at low API prices
V4 Flash 0731 arrived as an API-only beta with Codex adaptations, extreme output limits and pricing whose value depends heavily on cache behavior.
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