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How Stale Is Your AI?

Live countdown since each major AI lab shipped their latest flagship model. Every second counts in the arms race.

#1
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek · Released Jan 20, 2025
FOSSIL
--d --h --m --s
This model remembers a simpler time.
#2
Llama 4
Meta · Released Apr 5, 2025
FOSSIL
--d --h --m --s
This model remembers a simpler time.
#3
Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic · Released Oct 15, 2025
VINTAGE
--d --h --m --s
At this point, calling it "latest" requires air quotes.
#4
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek · Released Dec 1, 2025
AGING
--d --h --m --s
Remember when this was the hot new thing?
#5
Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI · Released Dec 2, 2025
AGING
--d --h --m --s
Remember when this was the hot new thing?
#6
Gemini 3 Flash
Google DeepMind · Released Dec 17, 2025
AGING
--d --h --m --s
Remember when this was the hot new thing?
#7
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic · Released Feb 5, 2026
ROOM TEMP
--d --h --m --s
Three months is three years in AI time.
#8
Qwen 3.5
Alibaba · Released Feb 16, 2026
WARMING UP
--d --h --m --s
Your competitors might have something newer.
#9
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic · Released Feb 17, 2026
WARMING UP
--d --h --m --s
Your competitors might have something newer.
#10
Grok 4.20
xAI · Released Feb 17, 2026
WARMING UP
--d --h --m --s
Your competitors might have something newer.
#11
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google DeepMind · Released Feb 19, 2026
WARMING UP
--d --h --m --s
Your competitors might have something newer.
#12
GPT-5.4
OpenAI · Released Mar 5, 2026
WARMING UP
--d --h --m --s
Your competitors might have something newer.
#13
Mistral Small 4
Mistral AI · Released Mar 16, 2026
FRESH
--d --h --m --s
Perfectly ripe for production.
#14
GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI · Released Mar 17, 2026
FRESH
--d --h --m --s
Perfectly ripe for production.

INDUSTRY PULSE

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Avg Age (days)
14
Labs Tracked
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Freshest
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Stalest

FRESHNESS SHELF

FOSSIL
FRESH
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What counts as a flagship? The most capable model each lab offers. Not fine-tunes, not small variants, not beta patches. The big one.

In AI, 90 days without an upgrade feels like a lifetime. A year is geological. Meta shipped Llama 4 in April 2025 and hasn't released a successor. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Anthropic shipped new flagships in early 2026.

Data verified March 2026. Counters tick from each model's public release date. This page has no API calls. Pure client-side math and existential dread.

No data collected. No APIs called. Just timestamps and arithmetic.

by Pawel Jozefiak

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