What AI models were released this week?
The timeline lists verified model release and update events for the UTC week shown. It is a static snapshot; check its generated date for freshness.
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01 / The latest
This week.
Week of Nov 9, 2026 · UTC
Snapshot generated Nov 11, 2026 UTC
02 / The model index
The release record.
47 model profiles · 7 tracked labs
Newest documented milestones first
| Model | Lab | Dated | Latest event | Weights | Input / output modalities | Context | Input / output | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.2 | Anthropic | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $8 / $40Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Muse Ember | Meta | released | — | Text, image, audio and video input; text output | 1,000,000 | $0.1 / $0.5Meta Model API Standard text rate; long-context tiers may differ. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-Image-2.6 Flare | OpenAI | released | — | Image generation and editing | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst | OpenAI | released | — | Image generation and editing | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Gemini 4 Carbon | released | — | Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output | 1,048,576 | $2 / $10Gemini API Standard paid API rate; includes thinking tokens. No free tier. Introductory rate through November 30, 2026; $4 / $20 starting December 1. | Official ↗ | |||
| GPT-6.1 Terra | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $1 / $5OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Muse Spark Open | Meta | released | Open weights | — | 1,000,000 | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Muse Wonder | Meta | released | — | — | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Muse Wonder Full | Meta | released | — | — | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $0.1 / $0.5Anthropic API Standard global text rate for prompts up to 100K tokens; higher rates above 100K and US-only inference surcharge may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Gemini 4 Argon | released | — | Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output | 1,048,576 | $2 / $10Gemini API Standard paid API rate; includes thinking tokens. No free tier. Introductory rate through November 30, 2026; $4 / $20 starting December 1. | Official ↗ | |||
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $2 / $10OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $2 / $10Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $4 / $20Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $0.1 / $0.5OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $2 / $10OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 500,000 | $2 / $6xAI API Standard text; below 200K prompt tokens. Higher long-context rates apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | updated | Open weights | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $0.3 / $1.2DeepSeek API Peak cache-miss input / output rates. Off-peak rates: $0.15 / $0.60. Peak: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays, excluding Chinese public holidays; all other hours are off-peak. API alias serves V4.1-Flash-1017. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $10 / $50OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | released | — | Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output | — | $0.75 / $3.75Gemini API Standard paid API text rate through December 31, 2026; $1.50 / $7.50 starting January 1, 2027. Free-tier availability and limits vary; output includes thinking tokens. | Official ↗ | |||
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | released | — | — | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $10 / $50Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Qwen (Alibaba) | released | Open weights | Text, image and video input; text output | 262,144 | — | Official ↗ | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | DeepSeek | deprecatedOriginal experimental model retired; its API name temporarily routes to V4.1 Flash. | — | — | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | deprecatedDeprecated; no longer selectable in Google AI Studio. API requests to the former model name route to Gemini 3.8 Flash. | — | Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output | — | — | Official ↗ | |||
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 500,000 | $2 / $6xAI API Standard text; below 200K prompt tokens. Higher long-context rates apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B | Qwen (Alibaba) | released | Open weights | Text input; text output; thinking always on, vision not supported | 262,144 | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | xAI | released | — | Image generation and editing | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Qwen3.8-27B | Qwen (Alibaba) | released | Open weights | Text, image and video input; text output | 262,144 | — | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $5 / $25Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | released | — | Text, image, video, audio and PDF input; text output | — | $0.75 / $3.75Gemini API Standard paid API text rate through December 31, 2026; $1.50 / $7.50 starting January 1, 2027. Free-tier availability and limits vary; output includes thinking tokens. | Official ↗ | |||
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $0.2 / $1.2OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $4 / $20OpenAI API Promotional standard text rate through November 30, 2026; higher long-context rates above 272K input tokens. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $2 / $12OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 500,000 | $2 / $6xAI API Standard text rate for prompts below 200K tokens; higher long-context rates apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $2 / $10Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $10 / $50Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $5 / $25Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | deprecatedDeprecated; no longer selectable in Google AI Studio. API requests to the former model name route to Gemini 3.6 Flash. | — | — | — | — | Official ↗ | |||
| Gemini Omni | released | — | Video generation | — | — | Official ↗ | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | deprecatedOriginal V4 Flash retired; its API name temporarily routes to V4.1 Flash. | — | — | — | — | Official ↗ | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek | updated | Open weights | Text input and output; vision not supported | 1,000,000 | $1.32 / $3.96DeepSeek API Peak cache-miss input / output rates. Off-peak rates: $0.66 / $1.98. Peak: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays, excluding Chinese public holidays; all other hours are off-peak. API version: V4-Pro-0813. | Official ↗ | ||
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | released | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,050,000 | $5 / $30OpenAI API Standard text rate for prompts up to 272K input tokens; higher long-context and regional rates may apply. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | announced | — | — | 1,000,000 | $5 / $25Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $3 / $15Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 1,000,000 | $5 / $25Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ | ||
| Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | announced | — | Text and image input; text output | 200,000 | $5 / $25Anthropic API Standard global text rate; excludes batch and fast mode; US-only inference may add a surcharge. | Official ↗ |
Dated = a documented vendor milestone, not necessarily the first public announcement. Prices are USD per million text tokens where shown. Context varies by provider and interface; where a model has locally available weights, context may describe the official model card. “—” means not verified; check conditions and sources before use.
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03 / Compare
A closer look.
Four Claude models · same provider
Checked Nov 11, 2026
Compare standard Claude API text prices for prompts up to 100,000 tokens. Bars show the published input and output prices per million tokens; actual bills depend on usage and terms. Context size is not a measure of model quality.
Claude Fable 5.2$8 / $40
Claude Opus 5.5$4 / $20
Claude Sonnet 5.5$2 / $10
Claude Haiku 5.5$0.1 / $0.5
■ Input■ Output
Claude Fable 5.21,000,000
Claude Opus 5.51,000,000
Claude Sonnet 5.51,000,000
Claude Haiku 5.51,000,000
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.2 | $8 | $40 | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4 | $20 | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2 | $10 | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.1 | $0.5 | 1,000,000 tokens |
Standard on-demand text pricing, prompts ≤100K tokens; excludes batch, cached input, fast mode and residency surcharges. Haiku costs more above 100K tokens. Claude Platform specifications and pricing ↗
04 / On the horizon
What's next.
We only list future releases when a vendor confirms a specific upcoming model or date. No confirmed upcoming release is recorded in this snapshot.
05 / Field notes
Good questions.
The details behind the data.
Which AI labs does AIHotspot track?
We track major model releases from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Meta and xAI. Our historical index is a growing record, not a claim to cover every model ever made.
What is the difference between an announcement and a release?
An announcement introduces a model; a release marks a documented availability milestone. A model can have both events on different dates.
How are API prices compared?
Prices are in US dollars per million text tokens where verified. Provider, prompt-length tiers, introductory rates and other conditions can change the actual cost.
Does an open-weight model mean open source?
No. Access to model weights and the permissions in a model license are different questions. We identify open weights only when verified and recommend checking the license.
Why are some specifications blank?
A dash means we have not verified a comparable value. It does not mean zero, free, or unavailable.
Are these benchmark rankings?
No. Context size and token price describe different properties and are not measurements of model quality. We do not invent independent scores.
How can I verify a model release?
Follow the official source linked in the timeline or model index and check its date, access terms and current pricing before making a decision.