#model-release
// 7 transmissions tagged with #model-release

Mistral releases Leanstral 1.5 model
Mistral has made the Leanstral 1.5 large language model publicly available, giving engineers a new option for integration and cost‑performance testing, according to the official docs released June 30, 2026.

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5 model
Anthropic announced Claude Sonnet 5, its newest large‑language model, with higher performance specs for developers to evaluate via the API.

Claude Fable 5 launches as public model and restricted Mythos 5
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 on June 9 2026, pairing a public model with a restricted Mythos 5 version. The launch adds three safety classifiers, routes refusals to Opus 4.8, and doubles the per‑token price.

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5 with faster responses and expanded API
Anthropic unveiled Claude Fable 5 on June 9, 2026. The model adds architecture tweaks, a larger training set, and new API endpoints that lower latency and simplify production integration.

Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, an encoder‑free multimodal model
Google unveiled Gemma 4 12B, a 12‑billion‑parameter model that processes text, images and audio without separate encoders. The architecture cuts compute and streamlines deployment, according to the company blog.

Mistral AI Now Summit notes reveal new models and tools
Koen Van Glabbeek’s recap of the Paris summit details fresh multilingual language and computer‑vision models, plus accompanying tooling, underscoring AI’s expanding role across industries.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with stronger coding and consistency
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 boosts coding assistance, agentic tasks, and professional‑work performance while delivering higher consistency for long‑running prompts.