{"slug": "factbox-major-ai-models-at-a-glance", "title": "Factbox-Major AI models at a glance", "summary": "OpenAI will launch GPT-5.6 on Thursday after a delay due to U.S. government concerns over national security risks from powerful AI systems. The release intensifies competition among AI developers racing to improve performance and cut costs, while Chinese developers reshape AI economics with cheaper models.", "body_md": "July 8 (Reuters) - OpenAI will launch GPT-5.6, its most advanced AI model, on Thursday after a delay prompted by U.S. government concerns over the potential national security risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems.\n\nThe release comes amid intensifying competition among AI developers who are racing to improve model performance, cut costs and expand capabilities for enterprise customers, fueling a wave of new systems and reasoning models across the industry.\n\nMeanwhile, Chinese developers are reshaping the economics of AI by delivering increasingly capable models at a fraction of the cost.\n\nHere's a look at some of the AI models on the market for consumers:\n\nCompany Model Monthly Includes\n\nprice\n\nOpenAI The GPT 5.5 $100/month The Pro plan\n\nmodel is for ChatGPT includes\n\navailable in Pro. advanced\n\nfour plans, reasoning, image\n\nwith Pro creation, deep\n\nbeing the research,\n\nhighest memory,\n\ntier. projects, custom\n\nGPTs, Codex and\n\nearly access to\n\nnew features.\n\nGoogle Google's AI $99.99/month Gemini AI with\n\nUltra plan for Google advanced\n\ngives users AI Ultra. research,\n\nbroader creative\n\naccess to generation,\n\nGemini 3.1 coding tools,\n\nPro. premium Google\n\nservices,\n\nadditional\n\nstorage and\n\nfamily sharing.\n\nAnthropic Claude's Max From Claude Pro\n\nplan $100/month. includes\n\nprovides advanced AI\n\naccess to reasoning,\n\nhigher usage Claude Code,\n\nand output Claude Design,\n\nlimits for research,\n\nall tasks. memory,\n\nprojects,\n\npremium\n\nintegrations and\n\nhigher usage\n\nlimits.\n\nxAI SuperGrok. $30/month. Grok 4, image\n\nand video\n\ngeneration,\n\nconnectors,\n\nexpert tools and\n\nhigher usage\n\nlimits.\n\nMeta Meta AI. Free. Helps draft\n\ntext, summarize\n\ndocuments,\n\nbrainstorm and\n\ncreate images\n\nacross WhatsApp,\n\nFacebook and\n\nInstagram.\n\nMistral Le Chat Pro. Pro plan at Runs on the\n\n$14.99/month Mistral Medium\n\n. 3.5 model, with\n\nhigher usage\n\nlimits, advanced\n\ncoding, complex\n\ntask handling,\n\nmore image\n\ngeneration and\n\npriority\n\nsupport.\n\nHere's a look at the AI models on the market for enterprises:\n\nCompany Flagship API price Includes\n\nmodel(s)\n\nOpenAI GPT 5.5. GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-5.5 is for\n\nGPT-5.4 Pro, cost complex\n\n$30/$180 per professional work,\n\nmillion best suited to\n\ninput/output research, coding,\n\ntokens, offering document analysis\n\nadvanced reasoning and sophisticated\n\nand a workflows.\n\n272,000-token\n\ncontext window.\n\nGoogle Gemini Gemini 3.5 Flash Useful for coding,\n\n3.5 costs $1.50/$9 per agentic workflows,\n\nFlash. million research and\n\ninput/output complex,\n\ntokens, with multi-step tasks\n\nsearch, grounding, combining advanced\n\ncaching. reasoning with a\n\n1‑million‑token\n\ncontext window.\n\nAnthropi Claude Claude Fable 5 Built for", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/factbox-major-ai-models-at-a-glance", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/factbox-major-ai-models-glance-135439852.html", "published_at": "2026-07-08 13:54:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 14:44:33.263658+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Google", "Anthropic", "xAI", "Meta", "Mistral", "GPT-5.6", "Gemini 3.1"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/factbox-major-ai-models-at-a-glance", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/factbox-major-ai-models-at-a-glance.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/factbox-major-ai-models-at-a-glance.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/factbox-major-ai-models-at-a-glance.jsonld"}}