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AI model releases 2026
Every AI model launch, preview and reported plan from our reporting, newest first, with prices and the sourced story behind each entry. Updated with every edition.
Prices and claims are what each story reports; a company’s own benchmark stays a company claim. The claim check compares each maker’s main claim with an independent test that our story cites. Released models so far: 6 backed, 9 mixed, 12 not checked yet.
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October 2026
Now in ChatGPT’s Chat tab with Intelligent UI: Sol for Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise from October 7, Luna for Free and Go from October 8.
ChatGPT gets GPT-6 and answers with charts and buttons Try it yourself: who can use it, the price, an example prompt
September 2026
An upgrade to GPT-6 Sol. OpenAI says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on coding, computer use and office work at a fifth of Astra’s token prices.
Claim check: BackedArtificial Analysis scores it 52, against 53 for GPT-6 Astra, at $0.72 per task instead of $3.26.
Price $2 / $10 per million input / output tokens; cached input $0.10
Independent test puts GPT-6.1 Sol a point behind AstraPlanned for release within weeks; cancelled after internal tests, because it fell short on staying within scope and on how it reports its work.
OpenAI scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra after it fell short on safetyTwo cheaper tiers below GPT-6 Astra in the API. OpenAI’s own tables put Sol ahead of Claude Opus 5 on AutomationBench.
Claim check: MixedArtificial Analysis finds them about level with GPT-5.6, at roughly half the cost per task: cheaper, not smarter.
Price $2 (Sol) and $0.10 (Luna) per million input tokens, half of GPT-5.6’s prices
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol and Luna cut API prices in halfAvailable through Amazon Bedrock APIs with a large context window; buyers should review retention and permission settings.
GPT-6 Astra is now on Amazon BedrockBetter computer-use skills, and OpenAI’s first widely released model with a “Critical” cyber rating.
Claim check: Not checked yet
GPT-6 Astra is powerful enough to need stricter cyber rules
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