AI model news: releases, price changes and outages

Every model release, price change and official incident we track, newest first. Each item links to its official source.

September 2026

  1. Claude Opus 5.5 releasedSeptember 22, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
  2. GPT-6 Sol and Luna releasedSeptember 22, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
  3. Grok 4.7 releasedSeptember 21, 2026 · Release · xAI · Source ↗
  4. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash releasedSeptember 10, 2026 · Release · DeepSeek · Source ↗
  5. OpenAI status: elevated errors across ChatGPT and CodexSeptember 3, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
  6. GPT-6 Astra releasedSeptember 3, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
  7. Gemini 3.8 Flash releasedSeptember 2, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
  8. Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 releasedSeptember 1, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗

August 2026

  1. Anthropic status: elevated errors on requests to multiple modelsAugust 20, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
  2. Anthropic status: degraded performance for multiple modelsAugust 18, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
  3. Anthropic status: degraded performance for Claude Opus 5 and Sonnet 5August 17, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
  4. Anthropic status: service disruption on Claude servicesAugust 16, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
  5. Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Fable 5August 14, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
  6. Gemini 3.7 Flash releasedAugust 13, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
  7. DeepSeek V4 Pro generally availableAugust 13, 2026 · Release · DeepSeek · Source ↗

July 2026

  1. OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna pricesJuly 30, 2026 · Price change · OpenAI · Source ↗
  2. Claude Opus 5 releasedJuly 24, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
  3. Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite releasedJuly 21, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
  4. Claude Fable 5 access restored globallyJuly 1, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗

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