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
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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. |