Factbox-Major AI models at a glance

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.

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. The 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. Meanwhile, Chinese developers are reshaping the economics of AI by delivering increasingly capable models at a fraction of the cost. Here's a look at some of the AI models on the market for consumers: Company Model Monthly Includes price OpenAI The GPT 5.5 $100/month The Pro plan model is for ChatGPT includes available in Pro. advanced four plans, reasoning, image with Pro creation, deep being the research, highest memory, tier. projects, custom GPTs, Codex and early access to new features. Google Google's AI $99.99/month Gemini AI with Ultra plan for Google advanced gives users AI Ultra. research, broader creative access to generation, Gemini 3.1 coding tools, Pro. premium Google services, additional storage and family sharing. Anthropic Claude's Max From Claude Pro plan $100/month. includes provides advanced AI access to reasoning, higher usage Claude Code, and output Claude Design, limits for research, all tasks. memory, projects, premium integrations and higher usage limits. xAI SuperGrok. $30/month. Grok 4, image and video generation, connectors, expert tools and higher usage limits. Meta Meta AI. Free. Helps draft text, summarize documents, brainstorm and create images across WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. Mistral Le Chat Pro. Pro plan at Runs on the $14.99/month Mistral Medium . 3.5 model, with higher usage limits, advanced coding, complex task handling, more image generation and priority support. Here's a look at the AI models on the market for enterprises: Company Flagship API price Includes model s OpenAI GPT 5.5. GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-5.5 is for GPT-5.4 Pro, cost complex $30/$180 per professional work, million best suited to input/output research, coding, tokens, offering document analysis advanced reasoning and sophisticated and a workflows. 272,000-token context window. Google Gemini Gemini 3.5 Flash Useful for coding, 3.5 costs $1.50/$9 per agentic workflows, Flash. million research and input/output complex, tokens, with multi-step tasks search, grounding, combining advanced caching. reasoning with a 1‑million‑token context window. Anthropi Claude Claude Fable 5 Built for