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Arcee AI has released Trinity Large Thinking, an open source reasoning model with a 262,144-token context window. The model is available free via OpenRouter and claims strong performance in PinchBench, agentic workloads, and reasoning tasks.

Baidu has released CoBuddy, a code generation model optimized for coding tasks and AI agent workflows. The model features a 131K token context window, up to 65K output tokens, and runs on fp8 quantization with native support for tool calling and reasoning.

OpenRouter has released Owl Alpha, a foundation model specifically designed for agentic workloads with native tool use support and a 1,048,756 token context window. The model is currently free for both input and output tokens and is compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other productivity tools.

Poolside has released Laguna XS.2, the second-generation model in its XS size class for agentic coding workflows. The model offers 128K context window, up to 8K output tokens, and is quantized to fp8 for efficiency, available free via OpenRouter.

Baidu has released Qianfan-OCR-Fast, a specialized OCR model with a 65,536 token context window, available at zero cost through OpenRouter. The model launched on April 20, 2026, and is positioned as a performance upgrade over the original Qianfan-OCR.

InclusionAI has released Ling-2.6-flash, an instruction-tuned model with 104 billion total parameters and 7.4 billion active parameters, available free through OpenRouter. The model features a 262,144-token context window and is designed for agent workflows requiring fast responses and high token efficiency.

Meta has released Llama Guard 4, a 12-billion parameter content safety classifier derived from Llama 4 Scout. The model features a 163,840 token context window and can classify both text and image content, available free through OpenRouter with an August 31, 2024 knowledge cutoff.