AI Frontier Models launch history

Top AI Frontier Models launches from August 2026, ranked by X views.

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August 2026

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Introducing Grok Bot, now in early beta. Bots are AI teammates that do real work for you. They sign in to your tools, use them just like you do, and come back with finished work. https://t.co/uyfA97yo98

Aug 11, 2026
Views58.57M
Comments3.64k
Reposts4.52k
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Origin, our code hosting platform, is now live. It's fast, easy to use, and deeply integrated with Cursor. Get started by syncing your repos from GitHub. https://t.co/aqRHavAOQg

Aug 17, 2026
Views26.33M
Comments1.51k
Reposts2.36k
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Claude Academy is now live. Whether you're figuring out what AI is or already using Claude every day, there's a path that meets you where you are. The courses and tutorials are free and open to anyone at https://t.co/WRiSRAvK6l https://t.co/llx2W0VIIy

Aug 20, 2026
Views10.32M
Comments512
Reposts4.40k
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Cursor is now part of @SpaceX. Today, we have officially closed our acquisition. We will join the @SpaceXAI team to help make Grok the world's most useful AI and improve Grok Build, Grok Bot, Grok API, Cursor, and more. SpaceX has built some of the most inspiring and

Aug 14, 2026
Views9.86M
Comments2.46k
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Introducing GLM-5.3: Built to Code. Ready for Cyber Defense. - Top-tier coding and agentic capabilities, achieved through post-training on the 743B base model - A major leap in cybersecurity, setting a new standard among open models Tech Blog: https://t.co/ekQkO83jCv https://t.co/y3Y2AB0wxr

Aug 13, 2026
Views5.92M
Comments948
Reposts2.35k
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Build a plugin once and use it across compatible agent clients. Introducing Agent Plugins, an open standard developed with @awsdevelopers, @cursor_ai, @github, @code, and @vercel that packages Agent Skills and supports MCP server configurations in a shared format. https://t.co/JOQe4sc40N

Aug 6, 2026
Views2.50M
Comments388
Reposts683
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Now in preview: The ChatGPT desktop app for Linux. Use ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex where you already work and build, with your projects and browser workflows on supported Linux systems. https://t.co/OtsPt5N5QC

Aug 11, 2026
Views2.45M
Comments795
Reposts980
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We’re expanding our cybersecurity initiative Daybreak and introducing GPT-5.6-Cyber, a new model for advanced, authorized cybersecurity work. As the threat landscape evolves, we’re putting frontier intelligence in the hands of trusted defenders before attackers can deploy https://t.co/6o3GtxCxRA

Aug 10, 2026
Views2.31M
Comments474
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Today, we’re launching Alpamayo 2 Super, our frontier open reasoning model for autonomous vehicles. Beyond seeing, Alpamayo understands and reasons through the complex world - thinks before it acts. It’s a powerful backbone for robotaxis, trucks, shuttles, delivery vans, https://t.co/K6jS0XDR4b

Aug 4, 2026
Views2.15M
Comments1.10k
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Today we are introducing Dyna-2, a world-action model pre-trained on one million hours of human video. At this scale, for the first time, we discovered several new scaling laws: • world-action models exhibit scaling law on human data across four orders of magnitude, from 1000 https://t.co/wZamR0axzS

Aug 10, 2026
Views1.82M
Comments194
Reposts718
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Transparent backgrounds are now available in preview for GPT-Image-2 in the API. Generate reusable assets you can place on any background—for product imagery, graphic design, website mockups, and marketing campaigns. https://t.co/yRhBIYh8uP

Aug 20, 2026
Views1.47M
Comments235
Reposts426
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Today we’re launching Portable Computer on @NVIDIA DGX Spark. Portable Computer is a fully local version of Perplexity Computer, where the entire runtime: orchestrator LLM, subagent LLM, agent harness all run on your local hardware. No cloud dependency. https://t.co/plVWz5PaAw

Aug 25, 2026
Views1.23M
Comments261
Reposts509
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You can now keep your work from other agents in sync with ChatGPT Work and Codex. Import projects, chats, skills, and plugins, review your import history, and opt in to automatic updates in Settings. Now available in the ChatGPT desktop app. https://t.co/G7OcCIvhj6

Aug 11, 2026
Views994.0k
Comments180
Reposts292
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Introducing Octen Model Gateway. One API key. Models and search together, with the fastest responses in the world. Thousands of developers have joined in the last 2 weeks. To say thanks, everyone gets a 15% rebate on all consumption. Try it now in the comments: https://t.co/sIvdTb6aUM

Aug 11, 2026
Views812.1k
Comments8
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We've raised $1.1B to build AI that is owned and shaped by each of us. Check out the article published by the The New York Times that explains River AI's mission and where we're going next. Our first product is the River API which allows anyone to build custom agents and LLMs https://t.co/kKcDEDuUIz

Aug 11, 2026
Views391.2k
Comments133
Reposts98
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Today we’re launching MiniMax Code 2.0. Rebuilt on the open-source @pidotdev Pi Agent framework, MiniMax Code 2.0 delivers a smoother, more reliable experience across everyday conversations, office work, and long-running complex tasks. Here’s what’s new https://t.co/efu3mVDM5e

Aug 7, 2026
Views220.6k
Comments90
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Europe, two updates for you. Computer History is now available in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland for ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise users on Mac. ChatGPT can remember activity across your apps and websites, so future conversations feel more personalized and require less https://t.co/oC1bb4LLeo

Aug 20, 2026
Views210.5k
Comments100
Reposts71
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Today we're launching Genome Intelligence — explore your genome with the latest AI models, without handing them your genome. With Genome Intelligence: - Explore blood results, diagnoses, medical records, and more alongside your genetics. - Get the latest genetic research as https://t.co/H2h8fNzLMm

Aug 2, 2026
Views185.0k
Comments2
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Today we announce our $100M seed round to redefine how humanity computes in AI's next chapter. The future of compute and AI is heterogeneous. Callosum is building it: https://t.co/t5KnOE0Sos

Aug 19, 2026
Views160.7k
Comments19
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