Question 1

What is AI Release Tracker?

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: AI Release Tracker is a free, continuously updated timeline of every major AI model release from the world's leading AI labs. It currently tracks 248 models from 11 companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, SpaceXAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Moonshot AI, Z.ai, and Qwen — from the launch of ChatGPT on November 30 2022 through today.
: The most recently tracked frontier model is GPT-6 Astra by OpenAI, released on Sep 3 2026. See the live homepage for the up-to-the-minute timeline.
: On GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science reasoning), the current leader is GPT-6 Astra by OpenAI with a score of 96%. On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software engineering), the current leader is Claude Opus 4.7 by Anthropic with a score of 87.6%. Both benchmarks are tracked live on the Analytics page.
: AI Release Tracker covers releases from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, SpaceXAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Moonshot AI, Z.ai, Qwen, NVIDIA. Each company has a dedicated page listing every model it has shipped, with release dates and benchmark scores.
: ChatGPT launched on November 30 2022 and is the starting point of the AI Release Tracker timeline. Every major frontier model shipped since then is listed chronologically.
: We track GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science QA), SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software engineering), and MMMU (multimodal understanding), along with release date, parameter count, context window, and whether the model is open-source, open-weight, or proprietary.
: Yes. AI Release Tracker is free to use, has no ads, and is updated as new frontier models are released. You can optionally sign up for free release notifications, or upgrade to Pro instant alerts to get an email the moment a new model is added.

Question 2

What is the latest AI model release?

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The most recently tracked frontier model is GPT-6 Astra by OpenAI, released on Sep 3 2026. See the live homepage for the up-to-the-minute timeline.

Question 3

Which AI model has the highest benchmark scores?

Accepted Answer

On GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science reasoning), the current leader is GPT-6 Astra by OpenAI with a score of 96%. On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software engineering), the current leader is Claude Opus 4.7 by Anthropic with a score of 87.6%. Both benchmarks are tracked live on the Analytics page.

Question 4

Which companies are tracked on AI Release Tracker?

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AI Release Tracker covers releases from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, SpaceXAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Moonshot AI, Z.ai, Qwen, NVIDIA. Each company has a dedicated page listing every model it has shipped, with release dates and benchmark scores.

Question 5

When did ChatGPT launch?

Accepted Answer

ChatGPT launched on November 30 2022 and is the starting point of the AI Release Tracker timeline. Every major frontier model shipped since then is listed chronologically.

Question 6

What benchmarks does AI Release Tracker show?

Accepted Answer

We track GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science QA), SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software engineering), and MMMU (multimodal understanding), along with release date, parameter count, context window, and whether the model is open-source, open-weight, or proprietary.

Question 7

Is AI Release Tracker free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. AI Release Tracker is free to use, has no ads, and is updated as new frontier models are released. You can optionally sign up for free release notifications, or upgrade to Pro instant alerts to get an email the moment a new model is added.

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