Changes
What changed
Not AI news. Only the changes that affect whether something is worth paying for — a price move, a limits increase, a new model, a ranking shift.
Sunday, 15 November 2026
- API priceOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol: input token price increased from $4.00/Mtok to $4.40/Mtok
- API priceOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol: output token price increased from $20.00/Mtok to $22.00/Mtok
Saturday, 14 November 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
- API priceOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol: input token price decreased from $4.40/Mtok to $4.00/Mtok
- API priceOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol: output token price decreased from $22.00/Mtok to $20.00/Mtok
Friday, 13 November 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok
- New modelGoogle released Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Thursday, 12 November 2026
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Introducing Gemini 4 Hydrogen — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-hydrogen/
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Gemini 4 Hydrogen: everyday coding and agentic workflows for developers — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/build-with-gemini-4-hydrogen/
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Google Search gets a major upgrade with Gemini 4 Hydrogen — https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/gemini-4-hydrogen-search-upgrade/
- API priceOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol: input token price increased from $4.00/Mtok to $4.40/Mtok
- API priceOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol: output token price increased from $20.00/Mtok to $22.00/Mtok
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
- New modelGoogle released Gemini 4 Carbon
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Gemini 4 Carbon is now available — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-carbon-now-available/
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price increased from $0.07/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok
- New modelAnthropic released Claude Fable 5.2
Saturday, 7 November 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
Friday, 6 November 2026
- New modelGoogle released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
Saturday, 31 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
Thursday, 29 October 2026
- Model removedOpenAI retired gpt-4-turbo, o1, o1-pro and 4 more
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- provider announcementOpenAI news: Evernote turns AI-driven discovery into paid subscriptions — https://openai.com/ads/customers/evernote
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Gemini 4 Carbon: our next frontier model — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: 8 examples of Gemini 4 Argon in action — https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/gemini-4-argon-in-action/
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 31B: output token price increased from $0.34/Mtok to $0.40/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price increased from $0.23/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price increased from $0.07/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok
- New modelOpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, GPT-6.1 Terra Pro
Monday, 26 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 31B: output token price decreased from $0.40/Mtok to $0.34/Mtok
Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Model removedOpenAI retired gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
Saturday, 24 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
Friday, 23 October 2026
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: See what 5 builders are making with Gemini 4 Argon — https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/gemini-4-argon-builders/
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price increased from $0.23/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price increased from $0.07/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok
- RankingClaude Max (5x) — Down 1 place in Best value
Saturday, 17 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
Friday, 16 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemini 3.8 Flash: output token price increased from $3.75/Mtok to $4.13/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemini 3.8 Flash: input token price increased from $0.75/Mtok to $0.82/Mtok
- Model removedAnthropic retired claude-sonnet-4
Thursday, 15 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 31B: output token price increased from $0.34/Mtok to $0.40/Mtok
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- New modelGoogle released Gemini 4 Argon
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/gemini-4-model-safety-security/
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Gemini 4 Argon is now available for developers. — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/build-with-gemini-4-argon/
- provider announcementGoogle Gemini blog: Gemini 4 Argon comes to the Gemini app. — https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-4-argon-availability/
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price increased from $0.22/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok
Monday, 12 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.23/Mtok to $0.22/Mtok
Saturday, 10 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
Thursday, 8 October 2026
- New modelAnthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
- New modelGoogle released Nano Banana 2.1
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
- RankingChatGPT Plus — Up 3 places in Overall
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price increased from $0.23/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price increased from $0.07/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok
Saturday, 3 October 2026
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.26/Mtok to $0.23/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.08/Mtok to $0.07/Mtok
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