Updates · data as of Oct 8, 2026
What changed, and what it means.
The data syncs every day. Once a month I write a short note on what moved and which scenario reality is tracking.
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Oct 7, 2026
Two routes to impact: automate tasks, expand what people can doCheaper models do not guarantee cheaper delivery. A new lens on AI and work: automation, human capabilities, and the evidence needed to tell them apart.
Oct 2, 2026
The tracker goes liveThe site now syncs itself daily: model releases, capability scores, prices, task horizons, and jobs and productivity data for eight economies.
Scenario call: Baseline
The data, as it changed
Oct 2026
- 10-02DataNew Anthropic Economic Index release (2026-06-26)
Sep 2026
- 09-30ReleaseGoogle DeepMind released Gemini 4 Argon
- 09-29ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol (ECI 166.09)
- 09-28ReleaseAnthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 (ECI 165.03)
- 09-22RecordClaude Opus 5.5 set a capability record (ECI 167.33)
- 09-22ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-6 Luna (ECI 156.28)
- 09-22ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-6 Sol (ECI 162.72)
- 09-21ReleasexAI released Grok 4.7 (ECI 153.53)
- 09-18ReleaseStepFun released Step 5 Preview
- 09-10ReleaseCognition released SWE-2
- 09-09ReleaseDeepSeek released DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (ECI 154.9)
- 09-03RecordGPT-6 Astra set a capability record (ECI 166.45)
- 09-03ReleaseOpenEvidence released OpenEvidence Darwin
- 09-03ReleaseOpenEvidence released OpenEvidence Osler
- 09-03ReleaseOpenEvidence released OpenEvidence Sackett
- 09-03ReleaseOpenEvidence released OpenEvidence Snow
- 09-02ReleaseGoogle DeepMind released Gemini 3.8 Flash (ECI 156.71)
- 09-02ReleaseMeta AI released Muse Spark 1.3 (ECI 156.75)
- 09-01RecordClaude Fable 5.1 set a capability record (ECI 164.7)
- 09-01ReleaseAlibaba released Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (ECI 155.05)
Aug 2026
- 08-28ReleaseTencent released Tencent Hy4 preview
- 08-20ReleaseZ.ai (Zhipu AI) released GLM-5.3-Flash (ECI 151.88)
- 08-14ReleaseZ.ai (Zhipu AI) released GLM-5.3 (ECI 155.61)
- 08-14ReleaseAlibaba released Qwen 3.8 27B (ECI 149.38)
- 08-13ReleaseDeepSeek released DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (ECI 155.31)
- 08-13ReleaseGoogle DeepMind released Gemini 3.7 Flash (ECI 157.27)
- 08-12ReleasexAI released Grok 4.6 (ECI 156.44)
- 08-11ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-5.6 Cyber
- 08-11ReleaseNvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
- 08-10ReleaseMeta AI released Muse Glimmer
- 08-08ReleaseAlibaba released Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
- 08-07ReleaseMotif Technologies released Motif-3
- 08-05ReleaseMeta AI released Muse Spark 1.2 (ECI 154.87)
- 08-02ReleaseAlibaba released Qwen 3.8 Max (ECI 156.41)
Jul 2026
- 07-31ReleaseDeepSeek released DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (ECI 154.49)
- 07-31ReleaseLG AI Research released K-EXAONE 2.0
- 07-29ReleaseSK Telecom released A.X K2
- 07-27ReleaseAlibaba released Qwen3.7 Flash (ECI 144.64)
- 07-24RecordClaude Opus 5 set a capability record (ECI 162.78)
- 07-21ReleaseGoogle DeepMind released Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (ECI 145.13)
- 07-21ReleaseGoogle DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash (ECI 154.25)
- 07-16ReleaseMoonshot released Kimi K3 (ECI 157.45)
- 07-15ReleaseThinking Machines released Inkling (ECI 148.54)
- 07-15ReleaseThinking Machines released Inkling-Small (ECI 150.15)
- 07-09ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-5.6 Luna (ECI 156.39)
- 07-09ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-5.6 Sol (ECI 161.66)
- 07-09ReleaseOpenAI released GPT-5.6 Terra (ECI 159.62)
- 07-09ReleaseMeta AI released Muse Spark 1.1 (ECI 154.21)
- 07-08ReleasexAI released Grok 4.5 (ECI 153.92)
- 07-06ReleaseTencent released Tencent Hy3
Jun 2026
- 06-30ReleaseAnthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 (ECI 156.21)
- 06-29ReleaseMeituan Inc released LongCat-2.0
- 06-28ReleaseUpstage released Solar Open2 250B
- 06-23ReleaseByteDance released Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro
- 06-23ReleaseByteDance released Doubao Seed 2.1 Turbo
- 06-16ReleaseZ.ai (Zhipu AI) released GLM-5.2 (ECI 151.78)
- 06-12ReleaseMoonshot released Kimi K2.7 Code (ECI 149.97)
- 06-10ReleaseDeepMind released DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B