AI Model Release Tracker
Track unreleased AI model rumours and official pre-announcements, and see how each one ended up — shipped as promised, or a version the vendor skipped entirely.
Tracking
25 modelsNot released yet. "Rumored" comes from leaks, code traces or press reports; "Announced" means the vendor confirmed it publicly but has not shipped.
GLM-5.4
Zhipu AI·Reasoning model
RumoredExpected2026-10-17
Claude Opus 5.2
Anthropic·Reasoning model
RumoredExpected2026-10-15
Nano Banana 2.5
Google Deep Mind·Vision model
RumoredExpected2026-10-10
Gemini 4.0
Google Deep Mind·Multimodal model
RumoredExpected2026-10-09
GLM-5.5
Zhipu AI·Reasoning model
RumoredExpected2026-10-08
DeepSeek V5
DeepSeek-AI·Reasoning model
RumoredExpected2026-09-30
Claude Sonnet 5.1
Anthropic·Reasoning model
RumoredExpected2026-09-26
Happy Shrimp 1.1
Alibaba·Multimodal model
AnnouncedExpected2026-09-22
Qwen-Image-3.1
Alibaba·Multimodal model
AnnouncedExpected2026-09-22
Happy Oyster 2 Preview
Alibaba·Multimodal model
AnnouncedExpected2026-09-22
Qwen-Audio-3.1-ASR
Alibaba·Audio model
AnnouncedExpected2026-09-22
Qwen-Audio-3.1-Realtime
Alibaba·Audio model
AnnouncedExpected2026-09-22
GPT-6 Terra
OpenAI·Reasoning model
RumoredRumored since2026-09-15
GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI·Reasoning model
RumoredRumored since2026-09-15
Grok 4.8
xAI·Reasoning model
AnnouncedRumored since2026-09-14
Grok 4.7
xAI·Reasoning model
RumoredRumored since2026-09-12
GPT-6 Sol
OpenAI·Reasoning model
RumoredRumored since2026-09-11
Claude Opus 5.1
Anthropic·Reasoning model
RumoredRumored since2026-09-05
MiniMax M3.1
MiniMaxAI·Multimodal model
AnnouncedRumored since2026-08-26
Composer 3
Cursor·Coding model
RumoredRumored since2026-08-08
MiniMax M3 Pro
MiniMaxAI·Reasoning model
RumoredRumored since2026-08-08
GLM-GA
Zhipu AI·Multimodal model
RumoredRumored since2026-06-25
Gemini 3.5 Pro
Google Deep Mind·Multimodal model
RumoredRumored since2026-06-19
Nano Banana 2
Google Deep Mind·Vision model
RumoredRumored since2025-12-20
Gemini 3.0 Flash Lite
Google Deep Mind·Multimodal model
RumoredRumored since2025-11-22
Shipped
8 rumours confirmedThese rumours turned out to be real. Follow the link to the model that actually shipped.
GPT Image 2.5
OpenAI·Multimodal model
Shipped asGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Astra
OpenAI·Reasoning model
Shipped asGPT-6 Astra
GPT-5.6
OpenAI·Chat model
Shipped asGPT-5.6 Sol
Gemini 3.2 Flash
Google Deep Mind·Reasoning model
Shipped asGemini 3.5 Flash
DeepSeek-V4.1
DeepSeek-AI·Reasoning model
Shipped asDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
Kimi K2.6 Code Preview
Moonshot AI·Reasoning model
Shipped asKimi K2.6
DeepSeek V4
DeepSeek-AI·Reasoning model
Shipped asDeepSeek-V4-Pro
Claude Sonnet 3.7-64K Extended Thinking
Anthropic·Reasoning model
Shipped asClaude Sonnet 3.7
Never shipped
4 rumours never shippedThe vendor skipped this version number, or the rumour was never confirmed. Pages are kept on record so the original reasoning stays traceable.
Claude Sonnet 4.8
Anthropic·Chat model
Never shippedRumored since 2026-05-31
Gemma 4 120B
Google Deep Mind·Foundation model
Never shippedRumored since 2026-05-19
MiniMax-M2.2
MiniMaxAI·Chat model
Never shippedRumored since 2026-01-14
Grok Image 1.0
xAI·Vision model
Never shippedRumored since 2025-03-15