Airwallex hits $11B with $320M raise for AI agent finance. OpenAI delays GPT-5.6 at Trump admin request, poaches Uber India chief. Amazon invests $13B in India AI infra. Qualcomm Dragonfly chips headed to Microsoft/Meta datacenters. Sakana Fugu Ultra on OpenRouter. Free Claude Opus 4.6 window expires in 1 day.
A blockbuster day: SpaceX signs a $6.3B compute deal with Reflection AI, Micron inks an AI memory pact with Anthropic, Nobel laureate John Jumper defects from DeepMind to Anthropic, Alphabet sheds $270B, and the Trump–Anthropic cybersecurity crackdown deepens — plus 10 fresh HuggingFace models, 5 trending GitHub repos, and 2 limited-time free models on OpenRouter.
Today’s AI roundup — 10 fresh HuggingFace models, 5 trending GitHub repos, and 1 limited-time free model on OpenRouter.
⏰ Limited-Time Free Models The Gemini 2.0 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite free tier access ends tomorrow, June 1 — grab them while they last. The Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Omni and MiMo-V2-Pro expired today (May 31). Several other models remain available through June 5. Model Expires Pricing (Prompt / Completion) Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite (1M ctx) Jun 1 $0.075 / $0.30 per M tokens Google Gemini 2.0 Flash (1M ctx) Jun 1 $0.10 / $0.40 per M tokens Qwen3 30B A3B (131K ctx) Jun 5 $0.09 / $0.45 per M tokens Llama 3 Euryale 70B v2.1 (8K ctx) Jun 5 $1.48 / $1.48 per M tokens Hermes 2 Pro Llama-3 8B (8K ctx) Jun 5 $0.14 / $0.14 per M tokens Claude Opus 4.6 Fast (1M ctx) Jun 29 $30 / $150 per M tokens 💰 OpenAI Launches $100/Month ChatGPT Pro Tier OpenAI has introduced a new ChatGPT Pro subscription at $100 per month, offering 5X the Codex usage limits compared to the $20/month Plus plan (TechCrunch, CNBC, VentureBeat). The tier is aimed squarely at developers who regularly hit usage caps on Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and OpenAI’s own Codex. ...
⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several models on OpenRouter’s free tier are approaching expiration. The Gemini 2.0 Flash line ends its free run on June 1 (tomorrow!), while Qwen3 30B A3B, Llama 3 Euryale 70B v2.1, and Hermes 2 Pro Llama-3 8B all expire on June 5. The Claude Opus 4.6 Fast variant (1M context) is available until June 29. Model Expires Pricing (Prompt / Completion) Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite (1M ctx) Jun 1 $0.075 / $0.30 per M tokens Google Gemini 2.0 Flash (1M ctx) Jun 1 $0.10 / $0.40 per M tokens Qwen3 30B A3B (131K ctx) Jun 5 $0.09 / $0.45 per M tokens Llama 3 Euryale 70B v2.1 (8K ctx) Jun 5 $1.48 / $1.48 per M tokens Hermes 2 Pro Llama-3 8B (8K ctx) Jun 5 $0.14 / $0.14 per M tokens Claude Opus 4.6 Fast (1M ctx) Jun 29 $30 / $150 per M tokens 🦁 Meta Launches Muse Spark, Abandons Open-Source Llama Meta has unveiled Muse Spark, its first proprietary AI model since forming the Superintelligence Labs unit — marking a definitive break from the open-source Llama strategy that defined its AI identity for years (VentureBeat, Fortune, CNBC, Barron’s). The model arrives after Meta reportedly delayed its Llama successor, choosing instead to go closed-source amid an internal reorganization. ...
⏰ Limited-Time Free Models Several free-tier models are expiring soon on OpenRouter. Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2-Omni and MiMo-V2-Pro are the most urgent — expiring May 31 (just 2 days away). The Gemini 2.0 Flash line follows on June 1. Model Expires Pricing (Prompt / Completion) Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Omni (262K ctx) May 31 $0.40 / $2.00 per M tokens Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Pro (1M ctx) May 31 $1.00 / $3.00 per M tokens Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite (1M ctx) Jun 1 $0.075 / $0.30 per M tokens Google Gemini 2.0 Flash (1M ctx) Jun 1 $0.10 / $0.40 per M tokens Qwen3 30B A3B (131K ctx) Jun 5 $0.09 / $0.45 per M tokens Llama 3 Euryale 70B v2.1 (8K ctx) Jun 5 $1.48 / $1.48 per M tokens Hermes 2 Pro Llama-3 8B (8K ctx) Jun 5 $0.14 / $0.14 per M tokens Claude Opus 4.6 Fast (1M ctx) Jun 29 $30 / $150 per M tokens 💸 DeepSeek Makes V4-Pro 75% Price Cut Permanent DeepSeek has permanently reduced the price of its flagship V4-Pro model by 75%, escalating the AI pricing war to a new level (Engadget, InfoWorld, VentureBeat). The permanent cut follows a temporary promotional period and solidifies DeepSeek’s strategy of aggressive pricing to capture enterprise market share. The move puts pressure on Western labs to respond with competitive pricing of their own, particularly in cost-sensitive enterprise deployments where total inference cost per token is becoming the deciding factor. ...
⏰ 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. ...