Deep Dive: How Many Unreleased Advanced Models Do AI Labs Actually Have?
Concern-Excellent · reddit · 2026-08-10
Based on recent model leaks (such as OpenAI's Astra and Doug), this long post speculates deeply on the internal development timelines and model reserves of top AI labs.
- Timeline Breakdown: The author notes that pretraining takes about 6 months, post-training about 1 month, while internal testing, guardrail deployment, external verification, and government approvals take up even more time. For instance, Claude Mythos was developed in February, released to partners in May, and went public in July.
- Generational Buffer: It is widely believed that top companies keep a 1-2 generation buffer internally. This means the models the public sees today were actually finalized six or more months ago.
- Internal AGI Perception: Because companies may already possess models far exceeding public releases (like the rumored Doug), researchers inside these labs feel the approach of AGI and technological advancement much more intensely than outside observers.
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