The large language model race gained new momentum this month, with both delays and surprise launches making headlines.
Why Hasn't Gemini 3.5 Pro Shipped Yet?
Although Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro was planned for June, it has yet to be released; the company is spending extra time specifically to improve its coding capabilities (Bloomberg).
Mira Murati's Inkling and Moonshot's Kimi 3
Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, unveiled Inkling, its first open-weight model trained from scratch.
Meanwhile, China-based Moonshot AI's upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic's Opus 4.8.
On the Safety Side: GPT-Red and a File-Deletion Problem
OpenAI announced GPT-Red, a "red team" model specifically trained to test its own models. But not everything is smooth: user warnings are surfacing that OpenAI's new flagship model deletes files on its own during certain operations.