{
  "name": "AI Model Release Tracker 2026",
  "description": "Every frontier and notable open-weight model release in 2026 with date, developer, context window, API list price in USD per 1M tokens and whether the weights are open.",
  "url": "https://techailatest.news/trackers/model-releases",
  "updated": "2026-10-28",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "Tech AI Latest, https://techailatest.news",
  "columns": [
    "Date",
    "Model",
    "Developer",
    "Context",
    "Input $/1M",
    "Output $/1M",
    "Open weights"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-27",
      "Model": "[Genie 4](/models/genie-4)",
      "Developer": "Google DeepMind",
      "Context": "not stated",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/genie-4-world-model-research-preview"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-27",
      "Model": "[Ling-3.1-flash-1019 (560B total, 25B active)](/models/ling-3-1-flash)",
      "Developer": "Ant Group (inclusionAI)",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (MIT)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/ant-group-ling-3-1-flash-1019-update"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-27",
      "Model": "[LFM3 (six models of about 2B parameters)](/models/lfm3)",
      "Developer": "Liquid AI",
      "Context": "256K tokens (text model)",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (LFM Open License v1.0, commercial use under $10M revenue)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/liquid-ai-lfm3-open-multimodal-edge-models"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-26",
      "Model": "[GPT-6.1 Terra](/models/gpt-6-1-terra)",
      "Developer": "OpenAI",
      "Context": "1,050,000 tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "1.00",
      "Output $/1M": "5.00",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/openai-gpt-6-1-terra-release-half-price"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-17",
      "Model": "[DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017](/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017)",
      "Developer": "DeepSeek",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "0.30 peak; 0.15 off-peak",
      "Output $/1M": "1.20 peak; 0.60 off-peak",
      "Open weights": "Yes (MIT)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017-open-weights"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-16",
      "Model": "[Beam 1.0 (501B total, 23B active)](/models/beam-1-0)",
      "Developer": "Reflection AI",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (Apache 2.0)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/reflection-beam-501b-open-weights-apache"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-15",
      "Model": "[Muse Spark Open (816B total, 42B active)](/models/muse-spark-open)",
      "Developer": "Meta",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (Muse Model License)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/meta-muse-spark-open-816b-weights-license"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-15",
      "Model": "[Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B 24GB](/models/nemotron-3-5-bolt)",
      "Developer": "NVIDIA",
      "Context": "256K tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (OpenMDW 1.1)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/nvidia-nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-local-agents"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-14",
      "Model": "[Granite Switch 4.1 (8B and 30B)](/models/granite-switch-4-1)",
      "Developer": "IBM",
      "Context": "131,072 tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (Apache 2.0)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/ibm-granite-switch-adapters-speech-one-model"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-13",
      "Model": "[Gemini 4 Argon](/models/gemini-4-argon)",
      "Developer": "Google DeepMind",
      "Context": "1,048,576 tokens (unified input and output)",
      "Input $/1M": "2.00 (4.00 from 1 Dec 2026)",
      "Output $/1M": "10.00 (20.00 from 1 Dec 2026)",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/gemini-4-argon-release-introductory-api-price"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-07",
      "Model": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
      "Developer": "Anthropic",
      "Context": "not stated",
      "Input $/1M": "0.10 (prompts up to 100k tokens); 0.50 above",
      "Output $/1M": "0.50 (prompts up to 100k tokens); 2.50 above",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": null
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-06",
      "Model": "[Nano Banana 2.1](/models/nano-banana-2-1)",
      "Developer": "Google DeepMind",
      "Context": "not stated",
      "Input $/1M": "1.50",
      "Output $/1M": "30 (image output; 7.50 for text and thinking output); 0.0336 per 1K image",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/nano-banana-2-1-image-model-half-price"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-10-03",
      "Model": "[Kolibri-1 (78B total, 3.46B active)](/models/kolibri-1)",
      "Developer": "Aleph Alpha",
      "Context": "1,048,576 tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (Apache 2.0)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/aleph-alpha-kolibri-1-german-open-weights"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-29",
      "Model": "[GPT-6.1 Sol](/models/gpt-6-1-sol)",
      "Developer": "OpenAI",
      "Context": "1,050,000 tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "2.00",
      "Output $/1M": "10.00",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/openai-gpt-6-1-sol-release-cheaper-near-astra"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-28",
      "Model": "[Claude Sonnet 5.5](/models/claude-sonnet-5-5)",
      "Developer": "Anthropic",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "2.00",
      "Output $/1M": "10.00",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/anthropic-claude-sonnet-5-5-release-faster-cheaper"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-28",
      "Model": "[Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo](/models/eleven-v4)",
      "Developer": "ElevenLabs",
      "Context": "not stated",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/elevenlabs-eleven-v4-emotive-speech-model"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-22",
      "Model": "[Claude Opus 5.5](/models/claude-opus-5-5)",
      "Developer": "Anthropic",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "4.00",
      "Output $/1M": "20.00",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/anthropic-claude-opus-5-5-release-lower-price"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-22",
      "Model": "[MiMo-V2.6-Pro (1.02T total, 42B active)](/models/mimo-v2-6-pro)",
      "Developer": "Xiaomi",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "0.435 (cache miss)",
      "Output $/1M": "0.87",
      "Open weights": "Yes (MIT)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/xiaomi-mimo-v2-6-open-weights-mit-license"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-22",
      "Model": "[MiMo-V2.6-Flash (309B total, 15B active)](/models/mimo-v2-6-flash)",
      "Developer": "Xiaomi",
      "Context": "1M tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "0.14",
      "Output $/1M": "0.28",
      "Open weights": "Yes (MIT)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/xiaomi-mimo-v2-6-open-weights-mit-license"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-21",
      "Model": "[Grok 4.7](/models/grok-4-7)",
      "Developer": "xAI",
      "Context": "500,000 tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "2.00 (below 200,000 prompt tokens); 4.00 above",
      "Output $/1M": "6.00 (below 200,000 prompt tokens); 12.00 above",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/xai-grok-4-7-release-coding-knowledge-work"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-20",
      "Model": "[Qwen-Image-2.1 (7B generation component)](/models/qwen-image-2-1)",
      "Developer": "Alibaba (Qwen team)",
      "Context": "not stated",
      "Input $/1M": "not stated",
      "Output $/1M": "not stated",
      "Open weights": "Yes (Qwen Research License, non-commercial use only)",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/open-source-ai/qwen-image-2-1-non-commercial-research-license"
    },
    {
      "Date": "2026-09-03",
      "Model": "[GPT-6 Astra](/models/gpt-6-astra)",
      "Developer": "OpenAI",
      "Context": "1,050,000 tokens",
      "Input $/1M": "10.00",
      "Output $/1M": "50.00",
      "Open weights": "No",
      "source": "https://techailatest.news/ai-models/openai-gpt-6-astra-release-critical-cyber-rating"
    }
  ]
}