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Only benchmark updates as Gemini 3.6 Flash and Kimi K3 post new scores

Morning, everyone. Quiet on the release front today, but the benchmark boards got busy. Gemini 3.6 Flash is putting up solid numbers: 70.2 on knowledge, 73.7 on multimodal grounding, 64.02 on coding, and it's edging out Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite on the LMArena leaderboard too, where Flash-Lite sits with 62.1 knowledge and 62.9 multimodal grounding. Kimi K3 quietly posted a strong 87.9 on multimodal grounding. Meanwhile Amazon Nova 2 Pro scored 2 on epoch's gdp-pdf test versus Gemini 3.6 Flash's 14. Enjoy your day!

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NewsGPT-5.6 Sol

Improving GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT and expanding access to GPT-5.6 Luna for free users

OpenAI says GPT-5. 6 Sol in ChatGPT now gives Plus and Pro users more focused, reliable responses and a thought-level slider, while free users move toward GPT-5.

OpenAI · Aug 6, 2026

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NewsGPT-5.6 Sol

How GPT-5.6 fuses frontier intelligence with frontier efficiency

OpenAI outlines its account of GPT-5. 6 efficiency across inference and agentic workflows, with a focus on useful work per dollar rather than a single benchmark result.

OpenAI · Jul 29, 2026

Read at openai.com

NewsGPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI attributes higher ARC-AGI-3 results to retained reasoning and compaction

OpenAI reports that retaining reasoning and enabling compaction in its Responses API harness raised GPT-5. 6 Sol's ARC-AGI-3 public-set score from 13.

OpenAI · Jul 29, 2026

Read at openai.com Read OutYet report

NewsGemini Robotics ER 2

Introducing Gemini Robotics ER 2

Google says the model can plan multi-step tasks, orchestrate lower-level robotics tools, and use continuous video to track progress and adapt to failures.

Google DeepMind · Jul 30, 2026

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NewsGPT-5.6 Sol

Introducing explicit prompt caching for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock

AWS documents explicit prompt caching for GPT-5. 6 on Bedrock, including cache boundaries, a 30-minute reuse window, and discounted cache reads.

AWS · Jul 30, 2026

Read at aws.amazon.com Read OutYet report

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Mistral AI

Mistral Code Agent Latest

Is Mistral Code Agent Latest out yet?

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Released Jul 31, 2026

Mistral Code Agent Latest is a language model from Mistral AI, now publicly released. It is positioned as the latest version of the company's code agent offering.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 5

Is Claude Opus 5 out yet?

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Released Jul 24, 2026

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's latest language model, now publicly released. It is the newest entry in the company's Opus line of Claude models.

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OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Luna

Is GPT-5.6 Luna out yet?

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Released Jul 9, 2026

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna model, tracked with official availability evidence and vendor-reported HealthBench results.

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GPT-5.6 Sol

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Released Jul 9, 2026

OpenAI's next-generation model with stronger capabilities in coding, science, and cybersecurity, paired with an advanced safety stack.

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OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Terra

Is GPT-5.6 Terra out yet?

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Released Jul 9, 2026

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Terra model, tracked with official availability evidence and vendor-reported HealthBench results.

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OpenAI

GPT-Live

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Released Jul 9, 2026

A new generation of voice models for natural human-AI interaction now powering ChatGPT Voice.

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xAI

Grok 4.5

Is Grok 4.5 out yet?

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Released Jul 8, 2026

Grok 4.5 is an AI model from xAI, now publicly released. Prior to release, it entered private beta testing at Tesla and SpaceX; detailed information about its capabilities has not been provided in official announcements.

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