Model releases

A timeline of model releases from major labs and open-source communities, updated daily. Each new model launch is often the starting point for the next wave of model sites. · Last updated 2026-10-13

10/2026 1 launches

2026-10-13 B
flux-3-image-klein
Black Forest Labs
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9/2026 3 launches

2026-09-22 B
flux-3-action
Black Forest Labs
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2026-09-14 A
Qwen-Image-2.1
Alibaba
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2026-09-08 O
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5
OpenAI
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6/2026 1 launches

2026-06-09 G
diffusiongemma
Google
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5/2026 1 launches

2026-05-21 A
Qwen-Image-Bench
Alibaba
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4/2026 2 launches

2026-04-21 O
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.0
OpenAI
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2026-04-06 B
FLUX.2-small-decoder
Black Forest Labs
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1/2026 3 launches

2026-01-14 B
FLUX.2-klein
Black Forest Labs
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2026-01-08 Z
GLM-Image
Zhipu
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2026-01-01 B
FLUX.1-dev
Black Forest Labs
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12/2025 1 launches

2025-12-16 O
Introducing ChatGPT Images and GPT‑Image‑1.5
OpenAI
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11/2025 1 launches

2025-11-22 B
FLUX.2-dev
Black Forest Labs
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7/2025 1 launches

2025-07-07 B
FLUX.1-Krea-dev
Black Forest Labs
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5/2025 1 launches

2025-05-28 B
FLUX.1-Kontext-dev
Black Forest Labs
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4/2025 1 launches

2025-04-23 O
Introducing our latest image generation model in the API
OpenAI
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7/2023 2 launches

2023-07-05 O
diffusers-cd_imagenet64_l2
OpenAI
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2023-07-05 O
diffusers-ct_imagenet64
OpenAI
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