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ListedOct 27, 2026

Ling-3.1-flash-1019: text generation, with public weights

inclusionAI has listed Ling-3.1-flash-1019 for text generation. Its official repository includes model weights and a mit license label.

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Text
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Text
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mit
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Repository createdListed

inclusionAI

Ling-3.1-flash-1019

inclusionAI has listed Ling-3.1-flash-1019 for text generation. Its official repository includes model weights and a mit license label.

LanguageDownloadable
Catalog-reported releaseListed

OpenAI

GPT-6.1 Terra

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-26 release date for OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Repository createdListed

inclusionAI

LBS-27B

inclusionAI has listed LBS-27B for understanding images and generating text. Its official repository includes model weights and a apache-2.0 license label.

Language & visionDownloadable
Repository createdListed

inclusionAI

Ling-3.1-flash-base

inclusionAI has listed Ling-3.1-flash-base for text generation. Its official repository includes model weights and a mit license label.

LanguageDownloadable
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Moonshot AI

Kimi K3.1 Pro

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-23 release date for Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3.1 Pro. It records text and image and video input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Moonshot AI

Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-23 release date for Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed. It records text and image and video input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Repository createdListed

inclusionAI

Ling-3.0-flash-Sante

inclusionAI has listed Ling-3.0-flash-Sante for text generation. Its official repository includes model weights and a mit license label.

LanguageDownloadable
Catalog-reported releaseListed

MiniMax

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-19 release date for MiniMax’s MiniMax-M3.1-Flash. It records text and image and video input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Mistral AI

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-17 release date for Mistral AI’s DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. It records text input and text output.

LanguageCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-17 release date for DeepSeek’s DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Arcee AI

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-17 release date for Arcee AI’s DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Inception

Mercury 3

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-16 release date for Inception’s Mercury 3. It records text input and text output.

LanguageCloud catalog listing
Repository createdListed

Ornith

Ornith-1.5-122B

Ornith has listed Ornith-1.5-122B for text generation. Its official repository includes model weights and a mit license label.

LanguageDownloadable
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Google

Gemini 4 Argon

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-13 release date for Google’s Gemini 4 Argon. It records text and image and video and audio input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Repository createdListed

inclusionAI

Ling-3.1-flash

inclusionAI has listed Ling-3.1-flash for text generation. Its official repository includes model weights and a mit license label.

LanguageDownloadable
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Meta

Muse Wonder

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-12 release date for Meta’s Muse Wonder. It records text and image and video and audio input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Anthropic

Claude Haiku 5.5

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-07 release date for Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 5.5. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Mistral AI

Mistral Large 4

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-06 release date for Mistral AI’s Mistral Large 4. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

xAI

Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite

Models.dev lists a 2026-10-01 release date for xAI’s Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite. It records text and image input and video output.

VideoCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

OpenAI

GPT-6.1 Sol

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-29 release date for OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-28 release date for Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5.5. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

MiniMax

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-27 release date for MiniMax’s MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview. It records text and image and video input and text output.

Language & visionHosted through a coding plan
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Anthropic

Claude Opus 5.5

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-22 release date for Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

OpenAI

GPT-6 Luna

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-22 release date for OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

OpenAI

GPT-6 Sol

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-22 release date for OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

xAI

Grok 4.7

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-21 release date for xAI’s Grok 4.7. It records text and image input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Z.ai

GLM-5.3-FlashX

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-18 release date for Z.ai’s GLM-5.3-FlashX. It records text and image and video input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Qwen / Alibaba

Qwen3.8 Omni Flash

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-17 release date for Qwen / Alibaba’s Qwen3.8 Omni Flash. It records text and image and audio and video input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Rollout announcedReleased

Google DeepMind

Gemini 3.8 Live and Live Extended Thinking

Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Live Extended Thinking for spoken interactions that can use visual context.

AudioGemini API and AI Studio
Full rollout announcedUpdated

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2.8 Preview

K2.8 Preview replaces the model behind kimi-for-coding, with adjustable reasoning and a larger context allowance.

LanguageKimi Code
API releasedReleased

Sakana AI

Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2

Sakana’s September update offers two configurations of its model-orchestration system through an OpenAI-compatible API.

LanguageSakana API
Release announcedReleased

Cognition

SWE-2

Cognition released a coding model built by further training Kimi K3, initially available in Devin Desktop and CLI.

LanguageThrough Devin
Repository createdListed

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

DeepSeek’s model card now supplies architecture details beyond the basic repository listing: image understanding, extended context, and sparse parameter activation.

Language & visionDownloadable
API releasedReleased

OpenAI

GPT-Live-1

OpenAI’s voice model can listen and speak simultaneously, handle interruptions, and delegate reasoning or actions to a separate backend model.

AudioOpenAI API
Official launchReleased

OpenAI

ChatGPT Images 2.5

OpenAI’s image update supports creating pictures, working from reference images, and refining results over successive edits.

ImageChatGPT and image API
Catalog-reported releaseReleased

Inception

Mercury 2.5

Inception’s Mercury 2.5 supports reasoning, tool use, and structured text output through an OpenAI-compatible API.

LanguageInception API
Catalog-reported releaseReleased

OpenAI

GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI’s September 9 update confirms GPT-6 Astra availability in ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API.

Language & visionChatGPT Work · Codex · API
Repository createdListed

inclusionAI

Ling-3.0-flash-VL

inclusionAI’s multimodal model accepts text, images, and video and produces text. Its official repository provides public weights.

Language & visionDownloadable weights
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Google

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-02 release date for Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash. It records text and image and video and audio input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Catalog-reported releaseListed

Meta

Muse Spark 1.3

Models.dev lists a 2026-09-02 release date for Meta’s Muse Spark 1.3. It records text and image and video and audio input and text output.

Language & visionCloud catalog listing
Official launchReleased

Anthropic

Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1

Anthropic’s September 1 release targets coding and extended knowledge work. Fable and Mythos share a model but use different safeguards and access rules.

Language & visionFable available · Mythos restricted
ReleasedReleased

Black Forest Labs

FLUX 3 Video

Text and image prompts become clips with generated sound. Local weights are a separate roadmap item.

VideoCloud API
Launch postReleased

Qwen / Alibaba

Qwen3.6-27B

A downloadable dense model for coding and multimodal reasoning, with Apache 2.0 licensing.

Language & visionDownloadable
ReleasedReleased

Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 [klein]

The 4B and 9B variants support local use and API access, but their licenses differ.

ImageDownloadable + API
UpdatedUpdated

Microsoft Research

TRELLIS text models

An archive brief on the release of text models and training code. This is 3D asset generation, not CAD.

3DDownloadable

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