⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Four free-tier models are nearing expiration on OpenRouter. Grab them while they last: Model Expires Context Prompt/Completion (per M tokens) Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast May 28 (1 day) 65K $0.68 / $2.81 Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Jun 1 (5 days) 1M $0.075 / $0.30 Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Jun 1 (5 days) 1M $0.10 / $0.40 Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 May 30 (3 days) 4K $0.11 / $0.19 🚀 DeepSeek Makes 75% V4-Pro Price Cut Permanent DeepSeek has permanently slashed prices on its flagship V4-Pro model by 75%, escalating the global AI pricing war. The move makes V4-Pro the best bang-for-buck model on the market — output tokens are now priced at least 34× below GPT-5.5, according to comparisons by the-decoder.com. Reuters reports the price cut comes as DeepSeek eyes a new funding round, while the South China Morning Post notes the model now tops global value rankings. The steep discount locks in a price advantage that challenges US AI leaders on cost. ...

🔥 Anthropic Investigates Reports of Unauthorized Access to Mythos AI Anthropic is investigating claims that a rogue group gained unauthorized access to its advanced Mythos AI model — a system the company itself has described as a cybersecurity “reckoning.” Reports from Bloomberg, The Guardian, and WIRED indicate that U.S. Treasury Secretary Powell and Secretary Bessent have briefed major banks on the situation. The controversy has escalated to the highest levels of government, with Axios reporting Anthropic withheld the Mythos Preview model specifically because its hacking capabilities were deemed too powerful. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several models on OpenRouter are approaching the end of their free tier availability: Model Expires Pricing Baidu Qianfan-OCR-Fast May 28 (3 days) $0.68/M tokens prompt, $2.81/M tokens completion Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 May 30 (5 days) $0.11/M tokens prompt, $0.19/M tokens completion Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite June 1 (7 days) $0.075/M tokens prompt, $0.30/M tokens completion Google Gemini 2.0 Flash June 1 (7 days) $0.10/M tokens prompt, $0.40/M tokens completion 🚀 DeepSeek Permanently Slashes V4-Pro Price by 75% China’s DeepSeek announced a permanent 75% price cut on its flagship V4-Pro model, in a move that Reuters and multiple outlets are calling a major escalation in the AI pricing war. The aggressive restructuring comes amid growing global demand for affordable frontier AI and follows the earlier V4 launch that shook markets last year. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several models are nearing their free access expiration on OpenRouter: Model Expires Pricing Context Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast May 28 (4 days) $0.68/M tokens prompt, $2.81/M tokens completion 65K Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 May 30 (6 days) $0.11/M tokens 4K Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Jun 1 (8 days) $0.075/M tokens prompt, $0.30/M tokens completion 1M Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Jun 1 (8 days) $0.10/M tokens prompt, $0.40/M tokens completion 1M 🚀 Alibaba Launches Qwen3.7-Max: 35-Hour Autonomous AI Agent Alibaba’s Qwen team has released Qwen3.7-Max on OpenRouter, a reasoning agent model with a 1-million-token context window. The model can run autonomously for up to 35 hours and supports over 1,000 tool calls in a single session, including external harnesses like Anthropic’s Claude Code, according to a VentureBeat report. Priced at $2.5/M tokens (prompt) and $10/M tokens (completion), it ranks as one of the highest-performing Chinese AI models on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several free-tier models are approaching their expiration dates on OpenRouter: Model Expires Price Context Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast May 28 (5 days) $0.68/$2.81 per M tokens 65K Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 May 30 (7 days) $0.11/$0.19 per M tokens 4K Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Jun 1 (9 days) $0.075/$0.30 per M tokens 1M Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Jun 1 (9 days) $0.10/$0.40 per M tokens 1M 🗳️ Trump Postpones AI Executive Order Hours Before Signing The White House abruptly postponed the signing of a landmark AI executive order just hours before the scheduled ceremony, according to multiple reports from Axios, Politico, and CNBC. President Trump told reporters he “didn’t like certain aspects” of the order and cited concerns about overregulation that could hamper U.S. competitiveness against China. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several AI models are approaching the end of their free trial periods on OpenRouter: Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 — 8 days left. 4K context. $0.11/M tokens prompt, $0.19/M tokens completion. Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite — 10 days left. 1M context. $0.075/M tokens prompt, $0.30/M tokens completion. Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash — 10 days left. 1M context. $0.10/M tokens prompt, $0.40/M tokens completion. 🔒 Anthropic Mythos: NSA Access Confirmed as Global Alarm Grows The Anthropic Mythos story continues to escalate dramatically. Multiple reports now confirm that the NSA is reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite an ongoing feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic over access control. The New York Times reports the model’s capabilities have “set off global alarms,” with Powell and Treasury Secretary Bessent personally briefing major U.S. banks on the cyber threats Mythos has exposed. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several models on OpenRouter are approaching their free-tier expiration: Model Expires Context Prompt Price Completion Price Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview May 21 (tomorrow!) 131K $0.15/M tokens $0.45/M tokens Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 May 30 4K $0.11/M tokens $0.19/M tokens Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite June 1 1M $0.075/M tokens $0.30/M tokens Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash June 1 1M $0.10/M tokens $0.40/M tokens Arcee AI’s Trinity Large Preview expires tomorrow — grab it while it lasts. ...

🚀 OpenAI Releases GPT-5.5 “Spud” — A New Flagship Model OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5.5, codenamed “Spud,” its latest flagship large language model. The new model is now the default for ChatGPT and is available via the API. Early benchmarks show significant improvements in reasoning, coding, and long-context tasks over GPT-5. Alongside the model, OpenAI introduced Daybreak, a cybersecurity platform powered by GPT-5.5 that automatically discovers and validates software vulnerabilities — reportedly uncovering 7× more flaws than traditional tools. The launch was notably quirky: OpenAI let GPT-5.5 plan its own release party, a move that drew attention from Business Insider and others. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Three free-tier models on OpenRouter are nearing expiration: Model Expires Days Left Pricing Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 2026-05-30 11 $0.11/M tokens prompt, $0.19/M tokens completion Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 2026-06-01 13 $0.075/M tokens prompt, $0.30/M tokens completion Google Gemini 2.0 Flash 2026-06-01 13 $0.10/M tokens prompt, $0.40/M tokens completion The Gemini 2.0 Flash models offer 1M token context windows at remarkably low pricing — among the best cost-performance ratios available. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Three free models on OpenRouter are approaching their expiration dates: Model Expires Days Left Pricing Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 2026-05-30 12 days $0.11/M tokens input · $0.19/M tokens output Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 2026-06-01 14 days $0.075/M tokens input · $0.3/M tokens output Gemini 2.0 Flash 2026-06-01 14 days $0.1/M tokens input · $0.4/M tokens output 🤗 Trending on Hugging Face Recent uploads on Hugging Face show diverse activity from fine-tuned LLMs to domain-specific models: ...