3 November 2026

Vals reports 15 AI model releases in October, led by open-weight models

First reported

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  • Vals counted 15 new AI model releases in October.
  • Kimi K3.1 Pro is the top model among open-weight models, meaning ones anyone can download.
  • Meta, Reflection and Mistral each put out new models that month.

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Release count, open-weight leaderboard, Meta Muse Spark Open, Reflection Beam 1.0, Mistral Le Chonk