Google DeepMind took Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash to general availability on Nov 5, 2026: 15-second native clips, multi-turn conversational edits, and $0.07 per second of 720p video, about 30% cheaper than 1.1. Here is how it stacks up against ByteDance Seedance 2.5.
Thinking Machines launched Inkling 2 Small on Nov 5, 2026: 594B parameters, 17B active per token, 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at $0.30/$1.00 per 1M tokens. The weights are still closed, with an Apache 2.0 release promised next week.
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Cyber on Nov 5, 2026: 48.5% on ExploitGym, 948 Linux exploits built, $20/$100 per 1M tokens. Benchmarks, price and who can actually use it.
Tencent released full Hy4 on Nov 4, 2026: vision and computer use for the first time, 770B parameters, 1M context, at $0.834/$2.501 per million tokens. Weights are still promised, not published.
Meituan's LongCat 2.5 went live Nov 2, 2026: 1.6T parameters, 1M context, native image and video input, at $0.30/$1.20 per million tokens. Benchmarks, price and the catches to know before you switch.
SemiAnalysis published GDPx on Nov 2, 2026: 206 real professional tasks across 11 fields, and the best AI in the world finished just 12.0%. Scores, costs, and where the models fail.
Apple Intelligence finally reaches China in December 2026 with iOS 27.3, powered by Alibaba Qwen instead of ChatGPT. Beta starts Nov 4, but Siri AI is missing.
Mistral released Large 4 open weights on Oct 29, 2026: 1T parameters, 52B active, 41% Terminal-Bench 4.0, $0.70/$2.10 API pricing, and a modified MIT license.
Google launched Gemini 4 Carbon on Oct 28, 2026: a cybersecurity-focused frontier model with 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 71.0% on CWE-bench, $2/$10 pricing, and first access only for vetted cyber defenders via the Fairwind Program.
Liquid AI launched LFM3 on Oct 27, 2026: six open-weight 2B-class models from one 1.7B backbone, 256K context, 1 GB at 4-bit, API from $0.08 per 1M tokens.