LLM Releases

Rumor watch

Last updated Jun 19, 2026

Rumored and announced LLM releases

Publicly announced models that are not broadly available yet, restricted models like Mythos and Fable, and more speculative release reports. Rumors stay labeled until a primary source or public release confirms them.

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Official signals

Announced or previewed

Models with a vendor announcement, public preview, or clear launch signal, but not yet a normal broadly available release.

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GPT-5.6

OpenAI - Jun 9, 2026

OpenAI's mid-2026 flagship preview, headlined by an industry-leading 1.5M-token context window and long-horizon agentic tool use.

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FrontierProprietary
Context
1.5M
Parameters
Undisclosed
Source
open
PreviewPreview

Gemini 3.5 Pro

DeepMind - May 19, 2026

Google DeepMind model announced at Google I/O 2026 but not released at the event. Sundar Pichai told attendees to wait until the following month; Google positioned it as the most powerful Gemini model in the works.

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FrontierProprietary
Context
2M
Parameters
Undisclosed
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open
AnnouncedAnnounced

Llama 4 Behemoth

Meta - Apr 5, 2025

Meta's announced but unreleased Llama 4 teacher model: a multimodal MoE with 288B active parameters and nearly 2T total parameters. Meta says it was still training when Scout and Maverick shipped and that those released models were distilled from Behemoth.

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FrontierOpen weights
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2T · 288B active
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open

Limited access

Restricted or unavailable

Models reported as real but gated, suspended, withdrawn, or limited to vetted partners rather than the broader public.

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Claude Fable 5

Anthropic - Jun 9, 2026

The public, guardrailed sibling of Mythos and Anthropic's first Mythos-class model for general use. It launched in June 2026 and was then pulled under a U.S. government intervention that restricted Fable and Mythos access.

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FrontierProprietary
Context
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Undisclosed
Source
open
RestrictedPreview

GPT-5.5-Cyber

OpenAI - May 7, 2026

OpenAI's limited-preview cybersecurity model for vetted defenders in Trusted Access for Cyber. It is tuned for more permissive authorized security workflows such as vulnerability triage, patch validation, malware analysis, red teaming, and controlled exploit validation, but is not generally available.

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FrontierProprietary
Context
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Undisclosed
Source
open
RestrictedPreview

Claude Mythos

Anthropic - Apr 7, 2026

A frontier model Anthropic disclosed but declined to release publicly, citing security risk. Access was limited through Project Glasswing and later suspended during the Fable/Mythos government intervention.

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FrontierProprietary
Context
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Undisclosed
Source
open

Speculative file

Rumored releases

Reports, executive comments, codenames, and launch-window claims that have not yet become public release records.

RumorRumored

Z.ai Fable-class model

Z.ai - Jun 19, 2026

A speculative Z.ai frontier model tracked after Z.ai founder Jie Tang responded to Elon Musk's prediction of a Chinese Fable 5-class model by saying it would not take that long. Name, architecture, weights, and launch timing remain unconfirmed.

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FrontierProprietary
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Undisclosed
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open
RumorRumored

Meta Avocado

Meta - Mar 13, 2026

Meta's reported next frontier model after Llama 4, tracked under the internal codename Avocado. Reports say the model was delayed after internal trials lagged the strongest Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic models; access, license, and final branding remain unconfirmed.

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FrontierProprietary
Context
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Undisclosed
Source
open
RumorRumored

DeepSeek R2

DeepSeek - Aug 14, 2025

Rumored successor to DeepSeek R1. Reports say development and launch timing were affected by hardware constraints around Huawei Ascend training and Nvidia availability; final specs, license, and release date remain unconfirmed.

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FrontierOpen source
Context
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Undisclosed
Source
open
RumorRumored

Grok 5

xAI - Aug 8, 2025

Rumored next major Grok model. Elon Musk said after GPT-5's launch that Grok 5 would arrive before the end of 2025, but no broad public Grok 5 release is logged in this catalog yet.

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FrontierProprietary
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Undisclosed
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open

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Z.ai Fable-class model

Rumored
Z.ai (Zhipu AI)FrontierProprietary

A speculative Z.ai frontier model tracked after Z.ai founder Jie Tang responded to Elon Musk's prediction of a Chinese Fable 5-class model by saying it would not take that long. Name, architecture, weights, and launch timing remain unconfirmed.

Undisc. ctxJun 19, 2026

GPT-5.6

Preview
OpenAIFrontierProprietary

OpenAI's mid-2026 flagship preview, headlined by an industry-leading 1.5M-token context window and long-horizon agentic tool use.

MoEUndisc.1.5M ctxJun 9, 2026

Claude Fable 5

Withdrawn
AnthropicFrontierProprietary

The public, guardrailed sibling of Mythos and Anthropic's first Mythos-class model for general use. It launched in June 2026 and was then pulled under a U.S. government intervention that restricted Fable and Mythos access.

Undisc. ctxJun 9, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Pro

Preview
Google DeepMindFrontierProprietary

Google DeepMind model announced at Google I/O 2026 but not released at the event. Sundar Pichai told attendees to wait until the following month; Google positioned it as the most powerful Gemini model in the works.

MoEUndisc.2M ctxMay 19, 2026

GPT-5.5-Cyber

Preview
OpenAIFrontierProprietary

OpenAI's limited-preview cybersecurity model for vetted defenders in Trusted Access for Cyber. It is tuned for more permissive authorized security workflows such as vulnerability triage, patch validation, malware analysis, red teaming, and controlled exploit validation, but is not generally available.

Undisc. ctxMay 7, 2026

Claude Mythos

Preview
AnthropicFrontierProprietary

A frontier model Anthropic disclosed but declined to release publicly, citing security risk. Access was limited through Project Glasswing and later suspended during the Fable/Mythos government intervention.

Undisc. ctxApr 7, 2026

Meta Avocado

Rumored
Meta AIFrontierProprietary

Meta's reported next frontier model after Llama 4, tracked under the internal codename Avocado. Reports say the model was delayed after internal trials lagged the strongest Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic models; access, license, and final branding remain unconfirmed.

Undisc. ctxMar 13, 2026

DeepSeek R2

Rumored
DeepSeekFrontierOpen source

Rumored successor to DeepSeek R1. Reports say development and launch timing were affected by hardware constraints around Huawei Ascend training and Nvidia availability; final specs, license, and release date remain unconfirmed.

Undisc. ctxAug 14, 2025

Grok 5

Rumored
xAIFrontierProprietary

Rumored next major Grok model. Elon Musk said after GPT-5's launch that Grok 5 would arrive before the end of 2025, but no broad public Grok 5 release is logged in this catalog yet.

Undisc. ctxAug 8, 2025

Llama 4 Behemoth

Announced
Meta AIFrontierOpen weights

Meta's announced but unreleased Llama 4 teacher model: a multimodal MoE with 288B active parameters and nearly 2T total parameters. Meta says it was still training when Scout and Maverick shipped and that those released models were distilled from Behemoth.

MoE2T ctxApr 5, 2025