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r/LocalLLaMA Top · model · Sep 01, 2026

New Model: Spark-X2.5-4B, Spark-X2.5-1.7B

I was browsing HF for small LLMs and run into this model. It does not seem to be a fine tune - the model has its own architecture. https://huggingface.co/XHToken/Spark-X2.5-1.7B https://huggingface.co/XHToken/Spark-X2.5-4B There are 4B/1.7…

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MarkTechPost · model · Sep 03, 2026

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: A 1.05M-Context Computer-Use Model Gated Behind a ‘Critical’ Cyber Threshold

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, positioning it as a computer-use flagship rather than a chat model. It reports 72.6% on OSWorld V2-Offline, replaces Codex compaction with searchable notes, and ships a 1.05M-token context…

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Simon Willison · model · Sep 03, 2026

GPT‑6 Astra

GPT‑6 Astra GPT-6 Astra is "rolling out today to a limited set of organizations and over the coming days will become available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, as well as through the OpenAI API and AWS" - I've not…

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The Decoder · model · Sep 03, 2026

GPT-6 Astra is the first model making OpenAI willing to declare the "AGI era"

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, its most capable model yet. President Greg Brockman says it marks the start of the "AGI era." Astra tops benchmarks in math, coding, and cybersecurity and is the first model OpenAI rates as "critical" under…

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Techmeme · model · Sep 03, 2026

OpenAI prices GPT-6 Astra at $10/1M input tokens and $50/1M output tokens, matching Anthropic's pricing for Claude Fable 5.1 (The Deep View)

The Deep View : OpenAI prices GPT-6 Astra at $10/1M input tokens and $50/1M output tokens, matching Anthropic's pricing for Claude Fable 5.1 — OpenAI's now infamous model that was part of the Hugging Face breach is about to be loose in the…

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The New Stack AI · model · Sep 03, 2026

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says welcome to the “AGI era”

OpenAI on Thursday launched GPT-6 Astra, its newest flagship model. The company describes it as “the world’s most intelligent and The post OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says welcome to the “AGI era” appeared first on The New Stack .

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The Information AI · model · Sep 03, 2026

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra Model, Suggests It Could Be AGI - The Information

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra Model, Suggests It Could Be AGI The Information

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Towards AI · model · Sep 02, 2026

Why I’d Swap Claude for Qwen3.8-Max

Claude Fable 5 wins the benchmarks. Qwen3.8-Max costs $0.91 per task to Fable’s $3.14. That’s 3 attempts against 1… let your test suite… Continue reading on Towards AI »

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Vercel AI · model · Sep 02, 2026

GLM-5.3 is 50% off through DigitalOcean on AI Gateway

GLM-5.3 is 50% off on AI Gateway through Tuesday, September 8, in partnership with DigitalOcean. How to use the model during the offer period Using the promo name ( zai/glm-5.3-promo-50 ) gets the discounted rate. It routes only to Digital…

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smol.ai AI News · model · Sep 01, 2026

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

**Anthropic** released **Claude Fable 5.1** and **Claude Mythos 5.1**, which share base weights but differ in safeguards and routing, showing improved coding performance and usability with a **75% cache-read price cut to $0.25/MTok**. Benc…

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