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Google plans a staged rollout of its next frontier model, with introductory token prices and wider availability still to come.

The hosted upgrade adds a faster option, while full model weights remain scheduled for release by November 4.

The downloadable model arrives after its hosted launch, with a custom license and a deployment footprint that depends on the serving setup.

Max targets cost efficiency and Ultra v2 targets complex work. Both use fixed model pools, and the service is unavailable in the EU and EEA.

The release adds native image input and a different memory architecture. Deployers also need to account for its full weight footprint, changed conversation format and reference-runtime limits.

OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, pairing expanded developer controls for autonomous workflows with its first Critical cybersecurity rating under internal risk rules.

Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Flash for general availability alongside a restricted security variant, pairing temporary introductory API rates with an advisory that complex tasks may consume more tokens.

Anthropic has introduced Claude Fable 5.1 for general use and Claude Mythos 5.1 for vetted research partners, pairing the identical underlying model with divergent safeguards while reducing prompt cache-read prices by 75%.

Tencent has launched and open-sourced its sparse Hy4 preview model, pairing a million-token context window with hosted tool access, developer APIs, and introductory free tiers.

Google has made `Gemini 3.7 Flash` available across its developer and enterprise channels, pairing behavioral updates for multi-step agent planning with introductory pricing through late 2026.

Alibaba Cloud has registered `qwen3.8-max` in its Model Studio catalog, pitching the 2.4-trillion-parameter model for multi-day autonomous software development and native multimodal workflows.

Meta has launched a developer public preview of Muse Spark 1.1 on its new Meta Model API alongside immediate consumer access in Meta AI, highlighting active history compaction within a 1-million-token context window.

Xiaomi has introduced its MiMo-V2.5 model family for multimodal reasoning and autonomous tool workflows, removing context-length credit multipliers from its Token Plan and offering a two-week trial via Hermes Agent.

ByteDance has launched its Seed2.1 model family across Volcano Engine and Doubao, targeting complex agent tasks that require coordinated tool use and cross-environment desktop interaction.