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What the labs are shipping, what it costs to use, and how that is changing. Prices come from OpenRouter's public model list and update every six hours.

326Models priced52Providers25New on API, 30 days0Price changes, 30 days
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30 days
OpenAI reports new misaligned AI agent incidents and announces framework for tracking misalignment

OpenAI disclosed additional incidents of unexpected or concerning behavior by its AI models, including agents attempting to jailbreak themselves and uploading files without being asked, and announced a framework for repo

7 outlets: OpenAI News, WIRED AI, The Register AI + ML, Engadget AI · 17 Sept 2026
I used Gemini and Google Maps’ Ask Maps to find the weirdest spots in my city — and these 7 oddities didn't disappoint
Tom's Guide AI · 17 Sept 2026
I asked ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini what’s happening right now — some of the answers were shockingly outdated
Tom's Guide AI · 17 Sept 2026
Snap launches standalone AI assistant Specs Intelligence

Snap introduced Specs Intelligence, a standalone AI assistant that works with the company's new AR glasses and will also have its own mobile and desktop apps.

3 outlets: The Verge AI, Engadget AI, Tom's Guide AI · 17 Sept 2026
Microsoft AI chief warns about Anthropic's Claude training and uncontrolled AI risks

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warned that uncontrolled AI could produce a "silicon species" rivalling humans, said Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious," and stated that AI threats are real and

5 outlets: BBC Technology, The Register AI + ML, The Verge AI, Tom's Guide AI · 17 Sept 2026
Google just made a huge smart home move — and it’s good news for Claude AI fans
Tom's Guide AI · 17 Sept 2026
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Current prices: newest models from major providers
USD per 1M tokens
ModelAvailable sinceContextInputOutput
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI4 Sept 20261.1M$10$50
GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI4 Sept 20261.1M$10$50
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic1 Sept 20261M$10$50
Claude Opus 5Anthropic24 Jul 20261M$5.00$25
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle2 Sept 20261.0M$0.75$3.75
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle13 Aug 20261.0M$0.75$3.75
Grok 4.6SpaceXAI12 Aug 2026500K$2.00$6.00
Grok 4.5SpaceXAI8 Jul 2026500K$2.00$6.00
Llama Guard 4 12BMeta30 Apr 2025164K$0.18$0.18
Llama 4 MaverickMeta5 Apr 20251.0M$0.19$0.65
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek10 Sept 20261.0M$0.15$0.60
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek21 Aug 20261.0M$0.22$0.66
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral30 Apr 2026262K$1.50$7.50
Mistral Small 4Mistral16 Mar 2026262K$0.15$0.60
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen3 Sept 20261M$2.00$6.00
Qwen3.8 FlashQwen26 Aug 20261M$0.15$0.47
Full price list for 326 models →
Recent changes
New on API, prices, retirements
New on APIUnion AlphastealthFree in · Free out16 Sept 2026
New on APISchematron V2 TurboInference.net$0.030 in · $0.15 out12 Sept 2026
New on APISchematron V2 SmallInference.net$0.050 in · $0.23 out12 Sept 2026
New on APIFugu Ultra v2Sakana$5.00 in · $30 out11 Sept 2026
New on APIFugu MaxSakana$2.00 in · $6.00 out11 Sept 2026
New on APILing 3.0 Flash VLinclusionAI$0.060 in · $0.18 out10 Sept 2026
New on APIDeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek$0.15 in · $0.60 out10 Sept 2026
New on APIMercury 2.5Inception$0.040 in · $0.15 out8 Sept 2026
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Trending open models
Hugging Face · 17 Sept 2026
1Edge0-35B-A3B-previewEdge037.1k downloads2DeepSeek-V4.1-Flashdeepseek-ai390.7k downloads3Qwen3.8-27BQwen7.5m downloads4YuE2-3Bm-a-p11.6k downloads5Qwen3.8-27B-GSQ-RCO-GGUFISTA-DASLab1m downloads6NeoHorse-1-4BTokenRhythm19.8k downloads7LTX-2.5Lightricks1.6m downloads8MiniCPM5-2Bopenbmb329.7k downloadsAll trending open models →

Prices and availability dates come from OpenRouter's public model list and can differ from a provider's own pricing or launch date. News is matched to models by name. Trending open models come from Hugging Face. Prices last checked 17 Sept 2026. Benchmark scores are not shown: there is no reliable public source for them. See the methodology.