New AI models used to ship every 10 weeks — now it's every 11 days
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-09-30
A trending chart circulating on Reddit shows the release cadence of new AI models collapsing from roughly once every 10 weeks to once every 11 days — a roughly sixfold acceleration that captures just how fierce competition in the AI industry has become.
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