⏰ 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: ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Three limited-time free models are available on OpenRouter this month: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1 — Free until May 30 (14 days left). After expiry: $0.11/M tokens prompt, $0.19/M tokens completion. 2.8K context. Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite — Free until June 1 (16 days left). After expiry: $0.08/M tokens prompt, $0.30/M tokens completion. 1M context window. Google Gemini 2.0 Flash — Free until June 1 (16 days left). After expiry: $0.10/M tokens prompt, $0.40/M tokens completion. 1M context window. 🤗 Trending on Hugging Face Ten new models appeared on Hugging Face in the past 24 hours. Notable ones include: ...

New Models on Hugging Face LLM-OS-Models published multiple Gemma 4 Terminal SFT fine-tunes, including E4B and E2B variants (1-epoch and 2-epoch each). These are text-generation transformers optimized for terminal-use scenarios, based on Google’s Gemma 4 architecture. The most popular variant, LLM-OS-Models/gemma-4-E4B-it-Terminal-SFT-Native-Liquid-2Epoch, has 2,333 downloads. Kenpache released perspective-aware-financial-sentiment, an XLM-RoBERTa-based model for multilingual financial sentiment analysis. New Models on OpenRouter Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast) by Anthropic — 1M token context window, priced at $30/M tokens (prompt). A faster variant of Anthropic’s most capable model. ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models xAI’s entire Grok lineup is nearing the end of its free trial period, with most models expiring May 15 — just 2 days away. After expiration, pricing kicks in at competitive rates: Grok 4.1 Fast – 2M context, $0.2/$0.5 per M tokens (prompt/completion) Grok 4 Fast – 2M context, $0.2/$0.5 per M tokens Grok 4 – 256K context, $3/$15 per M tokens Grok Code Fast 1 – 256K context, $0.2/$1.5 per M tokens Grok 3 – 131K context, $3/$15 per M tokens Grok 3 Mini – 131K context, $0.3/$0.5 per M tokens Also ending soon: ...

⏰ Limited-Time Free Models — Last Chance Several premium models are about to exit their free tier. GLM 4.6 and Kimi K2 0905 expire today (May 12), while xAI’s entire Grok line disappears tomorrow (May 13): Model Expires Context Prompt/Completion (per 1K tokens) Z.ai: GLM 4.6 May 14 204,800 $0.00039 / $0.0019 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 May 14 262,144 $0.0004 / $0.002 xAI: Grok 4.1 Fast May 15 2,000,000 $0.0002 / $0.0005 xAI: Grok 4 Fast May 15 2,000,000 $0.0002 / $0.0005 xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 May 15 256,000 $0.0002 / $0.0015 xAI: Grok 4 May 15 256,000 $0.003 / $0.015 xAI: Grok 3 Mini May 15 131,072 $0.0003 / $0.0005 xAI: Grok 3 May 15 131,072 $0.003 / $0.015 Grok 4.1 Fast is a standout — offering 2 million tokens of context at almost negligible pricing. ...