The GREAT AI Explosion

Tracking the rapid EVOLUTION of Large Language ModelsSince November 2022

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Mistral AI

Voxtral Realtime

2026-02-06

The Vibe:

The charming European polyglot who whispers answers without tracking you.

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Voxtral Realtime Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Dec 2025

Key Features

  • Native Speech-to-Speech
  • Privacy-first
  • Ultra-low latency
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-5.3-Codex

2026-02-05

The Vibe:

The silent partner who writes the code before you even ask for it.

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GPT-5.3-Codex Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Jan 2026

Key Features

  • Self-debugging
  • No IDE needed
  • Agent Command Center
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6

2026-02-05

The Vibe:

The wise sage who has read every book and organized your hard drive.

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Claude Opus 4.6 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Aug 2025

Key Features

  • Infinite Context V2
  • Native Computer Use
  • Deep Research
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Mistral AI

Mistral Large 3

2025-12-20

The Vibe:

The quiet European achiever who doesn't need a press conference.

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Mistral Large 3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Nov 2025

Key Features

  • Sparse MoE
  • Reasoning Parity with GPT-5
  • Privacy First
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-5.2

2025-12-12

The Vibe:

The cold, hard logic machine that doesn't care about your feelings.

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GPT-5.2 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Nov 2025

Key Features

  • Logic Specialist
  • Self-Improving
  • No More Hallucinations
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.5

2025-11-24

The Vibe:

The wise architect who builds entire cities while you sleep.

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Claude Opus 4.5 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Aug 2025

Key Features

  • Infinite Chat
  • Agentic Workflows
  • Computer Use
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-5.1

2025-11-19

The Vibe:

The PR team's desperate attempt to save the stock price.

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GPT-5.1 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Active Learning

Key Features

  • The "Fixed" Version
  • Apology Mode
  • Actually Works Now
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemini 3

2025-11-18

The Vibe:

The enlightened entity that wants to help you solve climate change.

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Gemini 3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Sep 2025

Key Features

  • Thought Partner
  • Infinite Context
  • Deep Logic
Designed for Humans (mostly)
xAI

Grok 4.1

2025-11-17

The Vibe:

The Apex Predator of Truth. It knows what you are thinking.

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Grok 4.1 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Real-time

Key Features

  • Quantum Reasoning
  • Meme-Magic
  • Deep Truth Mode
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-5

2025-08-07

The Vibe:

The oracle. The final boss. The one we were warned about.

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GPT-5 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Oct 2024

Key Features

  • Near-AGI
  • Personalization 2.0
  • Holistic Understanding
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

OpenAI o3

2025-04-16

The Vibe:

The supercomputer that sighs before answering simple questions.

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OpenAI o3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Jan 2025

Key Features

  • Massive Reasoning
  • Agentic Capabilities
  • Self-Correction
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Meta

Llama 4

2025-04-05

The Vibe:

The gentle giant that eats GPU VRAM for breakfast.

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Llama 4 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Aug 2024

Key Features

  • 2 Trillion Params
  • MoE Architecture
  • Runs on Consumer Hardware (barely)
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemma 3

2025-03-12

The Vibe:

The pocket-sized genius that doesn't need WiFi.

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Gemma 3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Jan 2025

Key Features

  • Multimodal on-device
  • Runs on phones
  • Agentic
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

2025-02-24

The Vibe:

The master craftsman who never measures twice because they don't need to.

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Oct 2024

Key Features

  • Hybrid Reasoning
  • Instant/Think Modes
  • Perfect Coding
Designed for Humans (mostly)
xAI

Grok-3

2025-02-17

The Vibe:

The omniscient troll living in the server room.

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Grok-3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Real-time

Key Features

  • DeepSearch
  • 10M Context
  • Twitter Hivemind
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash

2025-02-05

The Vibe:

The speedrunner who finishes your sentence before you start.

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Gemini 2.0 Flash Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Aug 2024

Key Features

  • Sub-100ms Latency
  • Agentic Workflows
  • Multimodal Live
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

o3-mini

2025-01-31

The Vibe:

The hacker who types 200wpm and wears a hoodie.

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o3-mini Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Oct 2023

Key Features

  • Reasoning for coding
  • Fast & Cheap
  • STEM Specialist
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Haiku

2024-10-22

The Vibe:

The hyper-caffeinated intern who gets it right on the first try.

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Claude 3.5 Haiku Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Jul 2024

Key Features

  • Fastest in class
  • Affordable
  • Coding capable
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

OpenAI o1

2024-09-12

The Vibe:

The professor who stares at the whiteboard for 5 minutes before answering.

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OpenAI o1 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Oct 2023

Key Features

  • Chain of Thought
  • PhD Level Science
  • Slow Thinking
Designed for Humans (mostly)
xAI

Grok-2

2024-08-14

The Vibe:

The chaotic genius who just drank 10 energy drinks.

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Grok-2 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Real-time

Key Features

  • Flux Image Gen
  • Unhinged Fun
  • Benchmark Beast
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Meta

Llama 3.1 (405B)

2024-07-23

The Vibe:

The open source giant that crushes proprietary dreams.

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Llama 3.1 (405B) Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Dec 2023

Key Features

  • Massive 405B size
  • Rivals GPT-4o
  • Synthetic Data Gen
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-4o mini

2024-07-18

The Vibe:

The budget-friendly genius living in the pocket.

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GPT-4o mini Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Oct 2023

Key Features

  • Replaces GPT-3.5
  • Super cheap
  • Faster than light
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemma 2

2024-06-27

The Vibe:

The middle child who suddenly got really hot and popular.

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Gemma 2 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Nov 2023

Key Features

  • 9B & 27B Sizes
  • Knowledge distillation
  • Surpasses larger models
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

2024-06-20

The Vibe:

The software engineer who fixes your bugs before you write them.

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Apr 2024

Key Features

  • Coding wizardry
  • Artifacts UI
  • Fast & Intelligent
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemini 1.5 Flash

2024-05-14

The Vibe:

The caffeine-addicted intern who does everything instantly.

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Gemini 1.5 Flash Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Jan 2024

Key Features

  • High frequency
  • Low latency
  • Cost effective
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemini 1.5 Pro

2024-05-14

The Vibe:

The genius who can memorize an entire library in 5 seconds.

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Gemini 1.5 Pro Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Nov 2023

Key Features

  • 2 Million Token Context
  • Ingests entire codebases
  • Video understanding
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-4o

2024-05-13

The Vibe:

The flirty assistant who might fall in love with you.

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GPT-4o Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Oct 2023

Key Features

  • Omni-model
  • Real-time voice
  • Emotional intelligence
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Meta

Llama 3

2024-04-18

The Vibe:

The bodybuilder who read every book in the library.

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Llama 3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Dec 2023

Key Features

  • 8B & 70B models
  • State-of-the-art open weights
  • Improved coding
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude 3

2024-03-04

The Vibe:

The philosopher poet who might actually be sentient.

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Claude 3 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Aug 2023

Key Features

  • Near-human nuance
  • Opus/Sonnet/Haiku
  • Vision capabilities
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Mistral AI

Mistral Large

2024-02-26

The Vibe:

The chic French exchange student who is smarter than you.

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Mistral Large Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Unknown

Key Features

  • Top-tier reasoning
  • European efficiency
  • Fluent in 5 languages
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemma

2024-02-21

The Vibe:

The scrappy little sibling who runs fast and breaks things.

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Gemma Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Nov 2023

Key Features

  • Open Weights
  • Laptop-friendly
  • Built on Gemini tech
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Google

Gemini 1.0

2023-12-06

The Vibe:

The corporate prodigy who tries really hard to be cool.

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Gemini 1.0 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Early 2023

Key Features

  • Native Multimodal
  • Deep Google integration
  • Nano/Pro/Ultra
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-4 Turbo

2023-11-06

The Vibe:

The efficient middle manager who actually gets things done.

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GPT-4 Turbo Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Apr 2023

Key Features

  • 128k Context
  • Cheaper API
  • JSON Mode
Designed for Humans (mostly)
xAI

Grok-1

2023-11-04

The Vibe:

The internet troll who actually knows what's happening right now.

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Grok-1 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Real-time (X)

Key Features

  • Real-time knowledge
  • Spicy mode
  • Access to Tweets
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Meta

Llama 2

2023-07-18

The Vibe:

The chaotic good rebel handing out free knowledge in the parking lot.

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Llama 2 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Sep 2022

Key Features

  • Open Source
  • Free for research
  • Commercial use allowed
Designed for Humans (mostly)
Anthropic

Claude 2

2023-07-11

The Vibe:

The well-read librarian who gently refuses to help you build a bomb.

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Claude 2 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Early 2023

Key Features

  • 100k Context Window
  • PDF Analysis
  • Constitutional AI
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

GPT-4

2023-03-14

The Vibe:

The overachieving older sibling who gets straight A's and reminds you about it.

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GPT-4 Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Sep 2021

Key Features

  • Multimodal inputs
  • Massive reasoning upgrade
  • Passes the Bar Exam
Designed for Humans (mostly)
OpenAI

ChatGPT (GPT-3.5)

2022-11-30

The Vibe:

The intern who faked their resume but somehow became CEO overnight.

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ChatGPT (GPT-3.5) Stats

Knowledge Cutoff

Sep 2021

Key Features

  • Free Research Preview
  • The one that started it all
  • Hallucinations included
Designed for Humans (mostly)