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Model Releases
First looks at new models, captured by our radar within hours of release. What shipped, what it claims, and what actually matters.
56 dispatches in this channel
anthropic/Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for anthropic/Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
anthropic/Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for anthropic/Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for deepseek/DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
google/Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for google/Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
google/Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for google/Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
ibm-granite/IBM: Granite 4.2 8B — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for ibm-granite/IBM: Granite 4.2 8B, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for inclusionai/inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
meta/Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for meta/Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.1, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for meta/Meta: Muse Spark 1.3, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
moonshotai/MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for moonshotai/MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
moonshotai/MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for moonshotai/MoonshotAI: Kimi K3, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra Pro — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra Pro, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for openai/OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
~openai/OpenAI: GPT Astra Latest — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for ~openai/OpenAI: GPT Astra Latest, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
~openai/OpenAI: GPT Luna Latest — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for ~openai/OpenAI: GPT Luna Latest, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
~openai/OpenAI: GPT Sol Latest — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for ~openai/OpenAI: GPT Sol Latest, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
~openai/OpenAI: GPT Terra Latest — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for ~openai/OpenAI: GPT Terra Latest, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
qwen/Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for qwen/Qwen: Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
qwen/Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for qwen/Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
qwen/Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for qwen/Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
sakana/Sakana: Fugu Max — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for sakana/Sakana: Fugu Max, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
sakana/Sakana: Fugu Ultra v2 — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for sakana/Sakana: Fugu Ultra v2, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
tencent/Tencent: Hy4 preview — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for tencent/Tencent: Hy4 preview, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
thinkingmachines/Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for thinkingmachines/Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
x-ai/SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for x-ai/SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
z-ai/Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for z-ai/Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
z-ai/Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for z-ai/Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch), a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
z-ai/Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for z-ai/Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
~z-ai/Z.ai: GLM Flash Latest — Radar Contact
Automated radar contact for ~z-ai/Z.ai: GLM Flash Latest, a text-generation model detected on openrouter.
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Meta's new mixture-of-experts flagship is open-weights, agent-tuned, and absurdly long-context. We break down the architecture and what it means for self-hosters.
DeepSeek V4: Reasoning-First, Cost-Second
DeepSeek's latest flagship posts frontier-class math and code scores at a fraction of the inference cost. Here's what matters about the release.