What changed in AI models, on the record
Daily and weekly briefs generated automatically from our monitoring data — outages, price moves, launches and retirements — plus analysis and announcements from the editors.
AI model daily brief: October 8, 2026 — Ling 3.0 Flash Sante lands
October 8, 2026: 9 incidents, 40 price changes (24 cuts), 2 new models, 2 retirements.
AI model daily brief: October 7, 2026 — Claude Haiku 5.5 lands
October 7, 2026: 16 incidents, 29 price changes (19 cuts), 1 new model, 1 retirement.
AI model daily brief: October 6, 2026 — Nano Banana 2.1 lands
October 6, 2026: 16 incidents, 40 price changes (24 cuts), 2 new models, 1 retirement.
AI model daily brief: October 5, 2026 — Kimi K3 gets cheaper
October 5, 2026: 12 incidents, 36 price changes (22 cuts), 1 retirement.
AI model daily brief: October 4, 2026 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 gets cheaper
October 4, 2026: 2 incidents, 26 price changes (12 cuts).
AI model weekly: Week ending October 4, 2026 — Switchyard lands
Week ending October 4, 2026: 30 incidents, 40 price changes (22 cuts), 6 new models, 12 retirements.
AI model daily brief: October 3, 2026 — DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 gets cheaper
October 3, 2026: 1 incident, 21 price changes (12 cuts), 1 retirement.
AI model daily brief: October 2, 2026 — Switchyard lands
October 2, 2026: 5 incidents, 37 price changes (21 cuts), 2 new models, 4 retirements.
AI model daily brief: October 1, 2026 — Pareto 26.10 Preview lands
October 1, 2026: 10 incidents, 24 price changes (14 cuts), 1 new model, 1 retirement.
AI model daily brief: September 30, 2026 — Kimi K3 gets cheaper
September 30, 2026: 3 incidents, 40 price changes (27 cuts), 2 retirements.
AI model daily brief: September 29, 2026 — GPT-6.1 Sol Pro lands
September 29, 2026: 7 incidents, 40 price changes (30 cuts), 2 new models, 2 retirements.
AI model daily brief: September 28, 2026 — Claude Sonnet 5.5 lands
September 28, 2026: 6 incidents, 40 price changes (33 cuts), 1 new model, 2 retirements.
AI model daily brief: September 27, 2026 — DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 gets cheaper
September 27, 2026: 26 price changes (18 cuts), 2 retirements.