courseMachine Learning

State of Frontier LLMs

Name: State of Frontier LLMs
Author: @tripp

Curated by @tripp

Updated Jun 23, 2026

A living catalog of frontier LLM releases: learn to read any model launch like an analyst (benchmarks, pricing, context, open vs closed), then track each lab's models with a standardized stat block, timelines, and runnable code for open models.

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Scored on six categories — citations, structure, content richness, retrieval-readiness, scaffolding, and writing quality.

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Citations27% weight100%

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Structure16% weight100%

Module balance and reasonable lesson sizing.

Content richness16% weight68%

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Retrieval-readiness16% weight100%

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Changelog

v0.42026-09-19
Refreshed frontier-model coverage through September 2026: updated the stale model deep-dives, refreshed the affected lab release timelines and the global timeline in Foundations, and carried the xAI lab rename to SpaceXAI across the catalog.
v0.32026-09-19
Six new flagship lessons: GPT-6 Astra, Claude Opus 5, Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Grok 4.6, GLM-5.3. All 7 release timelines refreshed. Corrected Sonnet 5 pricing, the GPT-5.6 tier repricing, and Kimi K3's licence. Open-model licences are tightening; xAI is now SpaceXAI.
v0.22026-07-23
Added 5 lab modules (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, xAI, Open challengers) with lineage timelines and full lessons for the late-June–July 2026 releases: Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 (Sol/Terra/Luna), Grok 4.5, Kimi K3, and Gemini 3.6 Flash/3.5 Flash-Lite. Refreshed the global release timeline and bumped review dates to 2026-07-23.
v0.12026-06-23
Initial seed: orientation syllabus, foundations module (how to read a release + global timeline), and the Z.ai module (GLM lineage + GLM-5.2). More lab modules to follow.

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