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releaseSECONDARY2026-09-21
Xiaomi releases open-weight MiMo-V2.6 models with 1M-token context

Xiaomi released Pro and Flash MiMo-V2.6 mixture-of-experts models with open weights and a 1M-token context window. The release includes an RL dashboard and day-one vLLM support, while training artifacts are planned.

newsSECONDARY2026-09-13
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash benchmark results draw analyst questions over possible contamination

Two analysts argue that DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's results across benchmark vintages are consistent with public-benchmark contamination. The model also leads Artificial Analysis's new private evaluation, complicating the assessment.

releaseSECONDARY2026-07-28
OpenAI releases GPT-Transcribe API at 3.31% AA-WER and $4.50 per 1,000 minutes

OpenAI released GPT-Live-Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe in the API for streaming and offline speech recognition. The launch adds context prompts, keywords, language hints, and WER gains, with Artificial Analysis reporting GPT-Transcribe at 3.31% AA-WER and $4.50 per 1,000 audio minutes.

newsPRIMARY2026-06-18
Artificial Analysis launches AA-Briefcase with Claude Fable 5 at 1587 Elo

Artificial Analysis launched AA-Briefcase, a benchmark for multi-week knowledge-work projects with thousands of source files, and Claude Fable 5 leads at 1587 Elo. The first results show a wide cost spread, so teams should compare both quality and task cost before choosing a model.

newsPRIMARY2026-05-28
Artificial Analysis launches AA-WER Streaming with Cartesia Ink-2 at 3.7% WER

Artificial Analysis launched AA-WER Streaming to benchmark streaming speech-to-text models on accuracy and latency for voice agents. The first leaderboard puts Cartesia Ink-2 and ElevenLabs Scribe v2 on the price-latency frontier, so teams should compare cost against latency before choosing a model.

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