Confirmed model releases

AI model releases in October 2026

4 confirmed releases4 providersData through Oct 1, 2026How releases are confirmed

The confirmed release record for October 2026, grouped by provider and linked to the primary source used for each date.

October 2026

4 releases across 4 providers

Release	Provider	Confirmed	Evidence	BenchLM
October 2026· 4 releases
Clef and Clef-Flash2 model variants	Cloudflare	Oct 1, 2026Exact day	Cloudflare Clef launch	Benchmarks
MAI-Voice-2.1 and MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming3 model variants	Microsoft	Oct 1, 2026Exact day	Microsoft AI audio launch	Benchmarks
Perplexity Decider v1 27B	Perplexity	Oct 1, 2026Exact day	Perplexity Developers launch announcement Apache 2.0 weights and model card	Benchmarks
Pareto 26.10 Preview	Unbiased	Oct 1, 2026Exact day	Unbiased product updates	Benchmarks