Timeline
Each node represents a major model release. Size indicates parameter count. Expanded spacing keeps the date axis intact while offsetting crowded frontier releases into readable lanes.
2017 — August 18, 2026
From 65M parameters to 2.8 trillion. From BERT to reasoning agents.
An interactive exploration of the AI race that's reshaping the world.
Each node represents a major model release. Size indicates parameter count. Expanded spacing keeps the date axis intact while offsetting crowded frontier releases into readable lanes.
Frontier Snapshot
The August 18 refresh adds five confirmed releases without inventing a new benchmark winner. Apache-2.0 Muse Glimmer 30B makes a useful multimodal agent local. Grok 4.6 and Gemini 3.7 Flash deepen the proprietary agent tier. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is a hosted GA revision rather than a new public checkpoint, while GLM-5.3 is live for Coding Plan users with its general API and public weights still pending. Downloadable Kimi K3 remains the strict open floor; Claude Opus 5 remains the general and agentic ceiling.
Sources: Kimi K3 · Kimi K3 AA · Inkling · Inkling AA · GPT-5.6 release · GPT-5.6 system card · GPT-5.6 AA · Grok 4.5 · Grok 4.5 docs · Grok 4.5 AA · Muse Spark 1.1 · Muse evaluation · Muse gateway listing · GPT-Live · Muse media · GeneBench-Pro · LongCat-2.0 · LongCat ModelScope · LongCat 2.0 AA · Tencent Hy3 · Hy3 weights · Claude Sonnet 5 · Sonnet 5 AA · Fable 5 redeploy · Fable safeguards · AA-Briefcase · Gemini computer use · Gemini Omni Flash · Kimi K2.7-Code · Kimi Workers AI · GLM-5.2 docs · GLM-5.2 weights · GLM-5.2 AA · GLM-5.2 providers · Sakana Fugu · Fugu models · Fugu pricing · Claude Fable 5 · Fable/Mythos docs · Fable 5 AA · North Mini Code · Gemma 4 12B · DiffusionGemma · LMArena Apr 27 snapshot · OpenRouter latest models · SubQ · ZAYA1-8B · ZAYA1-VL-8B · ERNIE 5.1 · MiniCPM-V 4.6 · Perceptron Mk1 · Composer 2.5 · Qwen3.7-Max · Command A+ · OpenAI unit distance · Opus 4.8 AA · Opus 4.8 analysis · Claude Opus 4.8 · MiniMax M3 AA · MiniMax M3 · Qwen3.7 Max AA · Qwen3.7 Plus AA · Nemotron 3 Ultra · Nemotron 3 Ultra AA · Kimi K2.6 AA · Claude Opus 4.7 · OpenAI GPT-5.5 · GPT-5.5 Instant · GPT-Realtime-2 · OpenAI GPT-5.4 · GPT-5.3 Instant · ChatGPT Images 2.0 · GPT Image 2 API · Meta Muse Spark · Kimi K2.6 · MiniMax M2.7 · MiniMax M2.5 · MiniMax M2.5 HF · StepFun HF · Step-3.5 Flash · Step3 · Step3-VL-10B · Step-Audio-R1.1 · Step-Audio-2-mini · NextStep-1.1 · GLM-5.1 · Z.AI releases · ByteDance Seed2.0 · Dola-Seed Arena · Grok 4.20 · Grok releases · Grok 4.3 AA · Mistral Medium 3.5 · Poolside Laguna · NVIDIA Nemotron Omni · Granite 4.1 8B · Ling-1T · Ling-2.6-1T · Ring-2.6-1T · ERNIE 5.1 · ERNIE 5.0 · ERNIE 5.0 report · ERNIE 4.5 open models · ERNIE 4.5 / X1 · ERNIE 3.5 · ERNIE 3.0 Titan · ERNIE Bot · ERNIE 4.0 Turbo · Nano Banana 2 · Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite GA · Qwen 3.6 · Qwen3.6 Flash · Qwen3.6-27B · Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 · DeepSeek V4 · Baidu CoBuddy