Weekly models review: 2026-07-06

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Weekly models review (2026-07-06)

Automated check from scripts/weekly-models-check.mjs. Triage and either:

• Update data/pricing.json if a new flagship dropped, a model was deprecated, or pricing changed, then close this issue, OR
• Comment noop and close if nothing actionable surfaced.

Current state of data/pricing.json

• lastUpdated: 2026-06-28 (8 days ago)

• Providers tracked: 12

• Total models: 31

• Flagship models: 14

• Models released within last 90 days: 10

  • 2026-06 | Anthropic | Claude Fable 5 | $10/$50 | flagship
  • 2026-05 | Anthropic | Claude Opus 4.8 | $5/$25 | flagship
  • 2026-06 | OpenAI | GPT-5.6 Sol | $5/$30 | flagship
  • 2026-06 | OpenAI | GPT-5.6 Terra | $2.5/$15 | mid
  • 2026-06 | OpenAI | GPT-5.6 Luna | $1/$6 | budget
  • 2026-05 | Google | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.25/$1.5 | budget
  • 2026-05 | Google | Gemini 3.5 Flash | $1.5/$9 | mid
  • 2026-05 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7-Max | $2.5/$7.5 | flagship
  • 2026-06 | Microsoft | MAI-Code-1-Flash | $0.75/$4.5 | budget
  • 2026-06 | MiniMax | MiniMax M3 | $0.3/$1.2 | budget

Model-release-flavored news, last 7 days

Matched 13 articles (keyword scan; not all will be real releases).

Date	Source	Title
2026-07-06	ZDNet AI	I tested the new Claude Desktop on Linux - here's how it compares to rival apps
2026-07-06	ZDNet AI	Claude Fable 5 is back, but I'm sticking with Opus 4.8 for daily work: 5 reasons why
2026-07-03	The Verge AI	Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
2026-07-03	The Verge AI	A behind-the-scenes look at Midjourney’s medical scanner leaves many questions unanswered
2026-07-01	Google AI Blog	The latest AI news we announced in June 2026
2026-07-01	MIT Technology Review	LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.
2026-07-01	The Verge AI	Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it
2026-07-01	WIRED AI	Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
2026-07-01	The Verge AI	Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
2026-06-30	NVIDIA AI Blog	NVIDIA BioNeMo Agent Toolkit Brings Accelerated AI to Life Sciences Researchers in Claude Science
2026-06-30	Google AI Blog	Unlocking Britain’s next era of productivity: Building a nation of AI trailblazers
2026-06-29	WIRED AI	Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
2026-06-29	NVIDIA AI Blog	Claude Meets Blackwell Ultra: Anthropic’s Models Now Run on NVIDIA GB300 in Azure

Sources: The Verge AI (4), ZDNet AI (2), Google AI Blog (2), WIRED AI (2), NVIDIA AI Blog (2), MIT Technology Review (1)

Provider model counts

Provider	Model count
Anthropic	6
OpenAI	8
Google	4
Meta	2
Mistral	2
Cohere	2
DeepSeek	2
Alibaba	1
xAI	1
NVIDIA	1
Microsoft	1
MiniMax	1

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What "needs update" usually means

1. A new flagship model shipped from a tracked provider. Add it to that provider's models[].
2. A tracked model was deprecated or sunset. Either remove the entry or mark its tier appropriately.
3. A provider changed pricing for a tracked model. Update inputPrice / outputPrice.
4. A new provider has become noteworthy enough to add. Add a new providers[] entry.

What it usually does NOT mean

• Research papers about models (those land on /research).
• Beta or preview models that are not generally available.
• Open-source model fine-tunes (those belong in /best-open-source-llms if anywhere).

Bump lastUpdated in data/pricing.json whenever you change anything else in the file. Also bump last_reviewed for /models in data/page-freshness.json.