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grok-4.6 grok-4.7 qwen3.8-max deepseek-v4-pro mai-thinking-1 solar-pro-4 xai alibaba deepseek microsoft upstage agentic-ai intelligence-index model-training open-weights long-context reasoning pricing reinforcement-learning tool-use pawelhuryn kimmonismus mustafasuleyman elonmusk yuchenjin finbarrtimbers
xAI's Grok 4.6 advances frontier pricing and performance, scoring 61 on the Intelligence Index and showing strong agentic results, with Grok 4.7 already in training. Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max open weights release features a 2.4T parameter model with 95B active MoE, notable for day-0 serving and long-context capabilities but initially text-only. DeepSeek V4 Pro GA offers significant cost advantages, priced at $0.435/M input tokens, with mixed capability reviews. Microsoft's MAI-Thinking-1 debuts as a practical reasoning model focused on tool use, available in Foundry. Upstage's Solar Pro 4 improved its Intelligence Index ranking from 14 to 42.