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Confirmed model releases

AI model releases in August 2026

The confirmed release record for August 2026, grouped by provider and linked to the primary source used for each date.

19 confirmed releases16 providersData through Aug 18, 2026How releases are confirmed

August 2026

19 releases across 16 providers

Confirmed releases

ReleaseProviderConfirmedEvidenceBenchLM
August 2026· 19 releases
Ornith 1.53 model variantsOrnith AIExact dayOrnithBenchmarks
dots3-note PreviewDots StudioExact dayDots Studio Hugging FaceBenchmarks
GLM-5.3Z.AIExact dayZ.AIBenchmarks
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeekExact dayDeepSeek API DocsBenchmarks
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogleExact dayGoogle Cloud ConsoleBenchmarks
Toast 1MixedbreadExact dayMixedbreadBenchmarks
Grok 4.6xAIExact dayxAIBenchmarks
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4NVIDIAExact dayNVIDIA Hugging FaceBenchmarks
Muse Glimmer 30BMetaExact dayMeta AI ResearchBenchmarks
GPT-5.6 Cyber (Daybreak Red)OpenAIExact dayOpenAI DaybreakBenchmarks
Qwen3.8-27BAlibabaExact dayQwen Hugging FaceBenchmarks
BTL-4Bad Theory LabsExact dayBad Theory Labs Hugging FaceBenchmarks
MacawBad Theory LabsExact dayBad Theory LabsBenchmarks
Hark HandoffHarkExact dayHarkBenchmarks
Muse Spark 1.2MetaExact dayMetaBenchmarks
Ling 3.0 Flash FP8InclusionAIExact dayInclusionAI Hugging FaceBenchmarks
LFM2.5-2.6BLiquidAIExact dayLiquid AIBenchmarks
Qwen3.8 MaxAlibabaExact dayQwenBenchmarks
Pokee-Isaac 28B v0Pokee AIExact dayPokee AIBenchmarks
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