AI Model Releases Timeline

Frontier and open model releases as they happen, with what actually changed. Compiled from ANOTHER News daily coverage.

Last updated 2026-08-03
DateEvent
2026-08-03 Alibaba announces Qwen3.8-Max, 2.4 trillion parameters, with open weights promised within a week. Our coverage →
2026-07-31 DeepSeek releases V4-Flash-0731, pushing Terminal Bench 2.1 from 61.8 to 82.7 at unchanged prices. Our coverage →
2026-07-17 Kimi K3 takes the number one spot on the arena leaderboard from Claude and GPT.
2026-07-17 Google's Gemini 3.5 is reported delayed while headlines claim the opposite.
2026-07-09 GLM-5.2 becomes the fastest growing AI model of 2026.
2026-07-08 GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna go public.