Claude Sonnet 5: Default Model Now, Beats Opus 4.8 on Two Benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 5 launched June 30 at $3/M input tokens and became the default for all free and Pro users July 1. It beats Opus 4.8 on Terminal-Bench and GDPval.
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GPT-6, Claude 5, Llama 4: What AI Models Are Coming April-June 2026
GPT-6 expected May-July 2026. Claude 5 "Fennec" targets May-September. Llama 4 is overdue. Here's what each model means for developers and what to prepare for now.
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GPT-5.4 vs Claude Opus 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro: Developer Benchmark 2026
GPT-5.4 scores 80% on SWE-Bench at $2.50/1M input. Claude Opus 4.6 hits 81.4% SWE-Bench at $5/1M. Gemini 3.1 Pro leads reasoning at $2/1M. Full breakdown for developers.
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Cursor Composer 2 Beats Claude Opus 4.6 at $0.50/1M — Built on Chinese AI
Cursor launched Composer 2 on March 19: beats Claude Opus 4.6 on coding benchmarks at $0.50/1M tokens. Built on Kimi K2.5. Moonshot AI is now accusing Cursor of license violation.
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DeepSeek V4 Is Coming: 1 Trillion Parameters, Multimodal, Huawei Ascend-Optimised
DeepSeek's next flagship model is imminent — 1 trillion parameter MoE architecture, multimodal support, 1M token context, trained on Huawei Ascend. Here's what it means for developers and the widening US-China AI stack split.
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OpenAI Just Launched GPT-5.4. Native Computer Use, 1 Million Token Context, 33% Fewer Errors. Here Is What Changes for Developers.
OpenAI released GPT-5.4 on March 5, 2026 with native computer use — AI agents that operate desktop and web apps without wrapper code. 1 million token context, 33% fewer errors. Here is what this means for every developer building AI agents.
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DeepSeek V4: 1M Context, Multimodal, Coding Benchmarks — What Developers Get in 2026
DeepSeek V4 launch: 1 million token context, multimodal, coding-first. Benchmarks vs GPT-4o and Claude, API pricing, and what developers actually get in 2026.
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