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Perplexity announced on November 5, 2026 that every Agent API effort level now costs less per query. The company reports higher or unchanged research quality across presets, and adds a new ultra level for broad research.

Replicate recommends starting with minimax/h3-highspeed, dropping to minimax/h3-lite for large batches, and moving up to minimax/h3 for 2K output or difficult shots. A 10-second clip at 768P costs $0.60 on Highspeed, $0.40 on Lite and $0.80 on H3.

Starting in December, ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Business plans will share a single token budget across ChatGPT and Codex, according to an updated OpenAI support page. Chats with Instant models won't count toward the budget. OpenAI is folding Work's agentic features into the main ChatGPT interface.

Baidu said on October 30 that its search engine has achieved recursive self-evolution, and launched an upgraded search AI API at a promotional 4.9 yuan per 1,000 calls (list price 40 yuan). The company claims 80 percent higher iteration efficiency and says the price undercuts DeepSeek's search API.

Anthropic has renamed its Claude Max 5x plan as Max and its Max 20x plan as Ultra. Prices are unchanged at $100 and $200 per month, and the 5-hour limit is being removed for verified Ultra accounts, according to the Claude account on X.

OpenAI announced on October 28 (US time) that ChatGPT Pro and Business plans now include monthly API usage credit of up to $500. Free, Go, Plus, Enterprise and Edu plans are not eligible. Users must sign in to ChatGPT and the API with the same email address.

OpenAI's Ted Sanders says most performance gaps between its models come down to model size, but newer, smaller models can beat older, larger ones. He positions GPT-6.1 Terra against the larger Astra and offers a pick-by-budget rule: Astra, Sol, Terra or Luna.

GPT-6.1 Terra Pro is the same underlying model as GPT-6.1 Terra, served with reasoning.mode set to pro. OpenRouter lists it with a 1.1M context window at $1 input and $5 output per 1M tokens, and says a typical request costs several times more than on Terra.

OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Terra, priced at $1 per 1M input tokens and $5 per 1M output tokens. The company describes it as a fast, efficient model built for computer use at scale, with detailed visual reasoning and clearer, more natural writing.

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3.1 Pro, which scores 55 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, an 11-point gain over Kimi K3 and fourth place overall. Parameter count is unchanged at 2.8 trillion, while API prices fall by 33 percent. Moonshot plans to release the weights by November 4, 2026.

DeepSeek has upgraded its open-weight V4.1 Flash to revision 1017, a 552B-parameter MoE model with 16B active parameters and a 1 million token context window. Off-peak API pricing is $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.6 per 1M output tokens. Artificial Analysis data shows strong intelligence scores but weak results on hallucination.

MiniMax has released M3.1 Flash, a reasoning model that scores 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, up from 29 for M3. It costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, and open weights are planned for October 23.

Starting November 13, 2026, Google AI Plus subscribers ($4.99/month) can no longer select Pro models in the Gemini app or AI Mode in Search. The tier keeps only Gemini Flash and Flash-Lite, while Gemini 4 Argon goes to AI Pro ($19.99/month) and AI Ultra.

Unbiased has released Pareto 26.9, a multimodal composite model with a 262K-token context window, priced at $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens. It is listed on OpenRouter with a Oct 13, 2026 release date. A cheaper 1.0M-context preview, Pareto 26.10, is already listed alongside it.

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, 2026. The company claims it costs around 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5 and is its fastest model to date. Anthropic also halved Claude Sonnet 5.5's cache read pricing and added a monthly API credit for Max and Team subscribers.

Google's Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is an image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, listed on OpenRouter at $1.50 input and $30 output per 1M tokens with a 66K context window. It supports 1K, 2K, and 4K output and succeeds Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro, according to the listing.

OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol Pro, which runs the same underlying GPT-6.1 Sol model with reasoning.mode set to 'pro' for higher-accuracy responses on complex tasks. It costs several times more per request than standard GPT-6.1 Sol and is priced at $2/$10 per 1M input/output tokens with a 1.1M token context window.

OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, an incremental upgrade to GPT-6 Sol positioned below flagship GPT-6 Astra in its GPT-6 lineup. The model features a 1.1M token context window, priced at $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens, with claimed improvements in factual accuracy and instruction-following on agentic tasks.

OpenAI is reopening its $200-per-month Pro subscription to new sign-ups while cutting the API credits bundled with it in half. The company also removed the 5-hour usage cap, letting subscribers spend their weekly allotment however they choose.

Alibaba's Qwen team has launched Qwen3.8 Max Prime, a separate high-throughput SKU of its flagship Qwen3.8 Max model. It carries the same 1M-token context window and multimodal capabilities as the base model but at double the price.

OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna cut input/output token prices in half versus GPT-5.6, with Sol now at $2/$10 per million tokens and Luna at $0.10/$0.50. Independent testing from Artificial Analysis shows intelligence scores barely moved, with regressions on some knowledge-work benchmarks.

GPT-6 Luna Pro, listed on OpenRouter with a Sep 22, 2026 release date, is not a distinct model but GPT-6 Luna run with reasoning.mode set to 'pro' for higher-quality outputs on complex tasks. It carries a 1.1M token context window and costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens under standard routing.

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Luna, the fast and cost-efficient entry in its new GPT-6 model family, featuring a 1.1M token context window and pricing starting at $0.10 per 1M input tokens. The model is positioned below GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Astra in OpenAI's tiered lineup.

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, a multimodal model for AI agents that processes audio and video with a 1 million token context window. Pricing undercuts Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash by roughly 5x on input and 8x on output, according to Qwen.

OpenRouter has launched deepseek-flash-latest, a persistent endpoint that always points to the current DeepSeek Flash model. It offers a 1,049K token context window, text-and-image input, and pricing of $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.

OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-6 Astra to top-tier ChatGPT plans, the API, Azure, and AWS Bedrock. The model delivers roughly half the usage allowance of GPT-5.6 Sol across comparable plans, with Plus and Business users gaining access in the coming days.

GPT-6 Astra Pro, now listed on OpenRouter, is the existing GPT-6 Astra model configured to run with reasoning.mode set to 'pro' for higher-quality output on complex tasks. It carries a 1M-token context window and tiered pricing from $5/$25 to $20/$100 per million input/output tokens depending on the serving tier.

xAI has expanded its Grok Bot AI agent app from iPhone and Mac to iPad and Android, while slashing the price from $300/month to compatibility with the $20/month Cursor Pro plan. Enterprise customers using Grok or Cursor get free access for a limited time.

A Latent Space report describes GPT-6 Astra, a new OpenAI model the blog says can autonomously handle AI engineering tasks—training models, labeling data, deploying systems—at an estimated cost of under $6 per hour. The claims, including 97.6% on FrontierMath and 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3, come from independent blog testing rather than an official OpenAI announcement.

Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3, its fourth model in five months, with an xhigh tier available now and a more powerful max tier in limited preview. The model improves sharply on agentic benchmarks and costs $0.55 per index task—cheaper than any rival at the same performance level—but still trails Claude Fable 5.1 on most tests.

Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash, the third Flash-tier update in three months, arriving just three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash. The model is live now in the Gemini app, Google Antigravity, and AI Studio with introductory pricing of $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens.

Z.ai has published GLM Flash Latest on OpenRouter, a routing alias that automatically points to the newest checkpoint in the GLM Flash lineup. It supports a 1.31M token context window and multimodal text, image, and video input at $0.07 per 1M input tokens and $0.25 per 1M output tokens.

Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.1, an upgrade to its top-tier Fable 5 model launched in June, alongside a restricted-access sibling called Mythos 5.1. The company claims the new model matches or beats Fable 5's performance while cutting costs by up to 45% on agentic workloads through reduced cache-read pricing.

OpenAI has quietly begun offering some large customers a pay-per-outcome model, charging only when its AI successfully completes tasks such as customer support requests, according to The Information. The shift joins a broader industry move away from flat subscriptions toward usage- and results-based billing, led by startups like Sierra, Fin, and Cognition.

Anthropic will permanently raise Claude Code's baseline weekly usage limits by 25% starting September 14. Because this replaces a temporary 50% boost currently active, users will actually end up with about 17% less capacity than they have today.

xAI's Grok 4.6 ties OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 61, trailing only Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5. Pricing remains at $2/$6 per million tokens, undercutting both competitors by more than 60 percent.

Microsoft's MAI Code 1.1 Flash beats its predecessor and mini-models from Anthropic and OpenAI on SWE-bench Verified, but DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 outperforms it on Terminal Bench 2.1 (82.7% vs 62.9%) while costing roughly a third as much per token.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Business Premium seats, a new tier priced at $125/month ($100 if billed annually) that offers five times the usage of Standard Business seats and removes the five-hour-per-day limit on advanced features. The move comes as Chinese open-weight models increasingly rival closed-source frontier AI on capability.

OpenAI will remove text chat rate limits for ChatGPT Free and Go users starting next week and add a 'Think' button for deeper reasoning. Plus and Pro subscribers get an updated GPT-5.6 Sol model that OpenAI claims is more accurate with facts, dates, and sourcing.

DeepSeek has published a new routing endpoint, deepseek-v4-flash-latest, that always points to the newest model in its V4 Flash family. The endpoint offers a 1,049K token context window and pricing of $0.09/M input and $0.18/M output tokens via OpenRouter.

DeepSeek has updated its budget model V4 Flash to version '0731,' pushing its Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index score to 50 — just one point behind OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna — while costing an estimated 60 percent less per task. The MIT-licensed model keeps its 284B-parameter architecture but shows major gains in agentic benchmarks and token efficiency.

OpenAI is cutting the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80% and GPT-5.6 Terra by 20%, just three weeks after launching the models. The move comes as enterprises grow more cost-conscious and rivals including Anthropic, Google, and Moonshot AI push cheaper alternatives.

Cursor has launched Cursor Start, a new ₹649 per month subscription plan tailored for developers in India, complete with local UPI billing. The plan includes access to Grok 4.5, Cursor's Composer model, always-on cloud agents, and Cursor for iOS.

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5 (Fast), a higher-throughput variant of Opus 5 that carries identical capabilities but runs at roughly 2x the price of the standard model. The model ships with a 1 million token context window and is available now through OpenRouter.

Anthropic announced July 18 that Claude Fable 5 will remain available on subscription plans, reversing its previous decision to make the model API-only. Max and Team Premium subscribers will receive access at 50% of standard limits starting July 20, while Pro and Team Standard users get a one-time $100 credit.

Anthropic has begun displaying rupee-denominated pricing for Claude subscriptions in India, its second-largest market after the US with 5.8% of global usage. Claude Pro is priced at ₹2,000 ($21) monthly when billed annually, compared to $17 in the US, with Indian prices including local taxes.

Anthropic has extended Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans through July 19, 2026, marking another extension of the advanced model's availability. The extension comes after OpenAI released GPT-5.6 Sol, which is classified in the same Fable/Mythos model tier.

OpenAI released its GPT-5.6 flagship model family in three sizes: Luna ($1/$6 per 1M tokens), Terra ($2.50/$15), and Sol ($5/$30). The company claims GPT-5.6 Sol scores 53.6 on the Agents' Last Exam benchmark, outperforming Claude Fable 5's score by 13.1 points.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 Luna Pro, a reasoning-enhanced variant of GPT-5.6 Luna with a 1 million token context window. The model is priced at $1 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, with a knowledge cutoff date of February 2026.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, a reasoning-enhanced variant of GPT-5.6 Sol designed for complex tasks. The model features a 1 million token context window, February 2026 knowledge cutoff, and is priced at $5 per 1M input tokens and $30 per 1M output tokens.