New models are coming out thick and fast, almost on a weekly cadence, ranging from the powerful proprietary systems coming out of the major US AI labs to the more open alternatives being released by some of China’s biggest tech companies. On Tuesday alone, Anthropic debuted Claude Opus 5.5 , while OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna , each accompanied by their the usual claims about how they outperform their rivals. Amidst all the hullabaloo of the frontier-model frenzy, however, Xiaomi also debuted MiMo-V2.6 , another powerful open model from one of China’s growing ranks of AI developers. All...

Source: The New Stack