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AI Digest of the Week

May 24, 2026 · 6 min read

Perplexity

  1. May 5, 2026 — OpenAI updated ChatGPT Images to version 2.0. According to industry digests, the release focuses on more realistic image generation, including products, architecture, cars, and images of famous people.

  2. May 5, 2026 — OpenAI also released GPT-5.5 Instant as the new default ChatGPT model. Internal company assessments, cited in industry reviews, indicate a significant reduction in hallucinations and more stable performance on complex and "high-risk" queries.

  3. May 6, 2026 — Anthropic introduced the Dreaming feature for Claude. This appears to be a step towards a more "proactive" AI assistant: not only responding to requests but also maintaining background processes and context between sessions.

  4. May 7, 2026 — OpenAI added three voice models to the Realtime API. The release is important for products where low latency and natural dialogue are critical: voice interfaces, assistants, contact centers, and live processing scenarios.

  5. May 8, 2026 — Google transitioned Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite to general availability. This strengthens the lineup of fast and relatively lightweight models for production, where cost, speed, and mass adoption are important.

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Gemini

Major AI Model Releases of the Past Week: Focus on Agency and Efficiency

The last week of May 2026 was marked by a series of significant updates in the field of artificial intelligence, with a focus on the development of "agent" systems and improving the practical efficiency of models. The industry continues to shift its focus from raw power to real-world application and integration into everyday processes.

  1. GPT-5.5 Instant by OpenAI (May 5, 2026): OpenAI introduced a new default model for ChatGPT, promising up to 52.5% fewer hallucinations in sensitive areas like medicine and finance. The model also demonstrates improved results in mathematical and multimodal tests, while using fewer words and lines to convey meaning, indicating increased efficiency.

  2. Gemini 3.5 Flash by Google (May 19, 2026): Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash, positioning it as the "most powerful" model for programming and agent creation. This model is part of Google's broader shift from conversational AI to "agentic" AI, where AI not only responds to requests but also performs actions.

  3. Qwen 3.7 by Alibaba (May 20, 2026): Alibaba's Qwen 3.7 model entered the top global AI rankings, surpassing Chinese competitors in text and visual tasks. Despite improvements, it still lags behind US leaders but represents a new level for local deployment and multimodal tasks.

  4. DeepSeek V4 (May 11, 2026): The Chinese neural network DeepSeek received a major update with two new models: V4-Flash for quick responses and V4-Pro with deep analysis of up to 1.6 trillion parameters and a context memory of up to 1 million tokens. The models are available for free and can be used by businesses for data analysis and information retrieval.

  5. Grok 4.3 by xAI (May 6, 2026): xAI released Grok 4.3, which now remembers user settings and preferences, making it a more personalized and automated assistant. This reflects the trend towards developing AI agents with long-term memory.

Sources:

  • AI Updates Today (May 2026) – Latest AI Model Releases - LLM Stats
  • AI Technology News: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 #QixNewsAI - YouTube
  • AI Digest: May 6, 2026 — AI on vc.ru
  • 6 New Neural Networks and AI Services in May 2026 - Business Secrets
  • The beginning of May 2026 brought the simultaneous release of five major AI models and a new approach to agent memory - FileEnergyCom
  • Google released the "most powerful" AI model Gemini - ForkLog

ChatGPT

Several significant events occurred in the field of artificial intelligence between May 17 and May 23, 2026:

  1. DeepSeek Introduced Model V4: On April 24, 2026, the Chinese company DeepSeek released model V4 in two variants—Flash and Pro—under the MIT license, offering a high-performance open-source product at a significantly lower price than GPT-5.5.

  2. Sber Announced Publication of Flagship AI Models: On November 19, 2025, Sber President German Gref announced the company's plans to make the GigaChat 3 Ultra Preview, GigaChat Lightning, and Kandinsky 5.0 models publicly available, which will be Europe's largest open-source AI project.

  3. Google Introduced Gemini 2.5 Model: On March 25, 2025, Google announced the Gemini 2.5 artificial intelligence model, which possesses improved reasoning capabilities and the ability to process data from various sources, enhancing its performance and accuracy.

Sources:

  • DeepSeek V4 is 98% cheaper than GPT-5.5—and wins in some tests. Weekly AI Digest—Week 18, 2026—Money on vc.ru
  • Gref announced the publication of Sber's flagship AI models in open access: Business: Economy: Lenta.ru
  • Google released a new AI model with improved thinking abilities :: News of the Day / VZGLYAD

Grok

1. May 19, 2026. Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash at the I/O conference – a lightweight model with frontier-level intelligence, which is 4 times faster than its counterparts, outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro in coding tasks and agent workflows, and immediately became the default in the Gemini app, Search, and API.

2. May 20, 2026. Meta released Llama 4 Scout (including 17B 16E Instruct variants) – open models optimized for efficient inference and available through Together AI, intensifying competition in the open-weight segment.

3. May 21, 2026. xAI launched Grok Build 0.1 – a new iteration with improved API accessibility and a focus on practical tasks, continuing the Grok 4.x update series.

4. May 22, 2026. MiniMax and Alibaba (Qwen) announced updates to their flagships – MiniMax M2.7 Highspeed and Qwen3 Coder Next, focusing on high speed and specialized tasks like coding, with an emphasis on Chinese models gaining traction in the global market.

5. May 22, 2026. NVIDIA open-sourced LongLive 2.0 – a model for real-time interactive video (up to 45+ fps), providing developers with a production-ready stack for generating long-form content.

Sources:

  • llm-stats.com/llm-updates
  • Google Blog (blog.google)
  • pricepertoken.com/news/model-releases
  • llmgateway.io/timeline
  • LinkedIn AI News Highlights (May 21, 2026)

Claude

Let me look for fresh information on model releases from the past week. Excellent! I have fresh information. I will compile an overview focusing on events from the last week (approximately May 17-24, 2026) with an unusual angle – I will concentrate on the shift in industry priorities.

From Benchmark Races to Application Races: Three Days When AI Stopped Being Just Faster

  1. Google Reworked Search from Scratch with Gemini 3.5 Flash (May 19-22) On May 19, Google announced a massive search update, built around the new Gemini 3.5 Flash model. This is the most significant overhaul of the search bar in over 25 years. It's not just a model release; it's an architectural shift. Gemini 3.5 Flash is optimized for real-time operation, is free, and outperforms last year's paid Pro version across all parameters.

  2. Gemini Omni: Video with Physics Instead of Pretty Floating Frames (May 19-22) Google introduced Gemini Omni, a multimodal model for generating video with a realistic understanding of physics. Previous video generators produced beautiful frames, but objects often floated or ignored gravity. Omni aims to make the surrounding world realistic: water flows, shadows fall correctly, and a thrown ball flies like a real one.

  3. Qwen3 Coder Next: Specialization Over Generalization (May 18) Alibaba / Qwen released Qwen3 Coder Next, a variant specialized for coding and long-context agent tasks. It has been available through Alibaba Cloud / Qwen APIs and Hugging Face since May 18. The signal: after a month of head-to-head benchmark races, labs have begun to differentiate by task rather than by overall power.

  4. Court Dismisses Musk's Lawsuit Against OpenAI – IPO Clears the Path (May 18) On May 18, a California court unanimously ruled that Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft was filed too late, based on statutes of limitations for damages from 2021-2022. This removes a significant obstacle to OpenAI's IPO and signals a stabilization of geopolitical noise.

  5. Meta Cornered: Expensive Model Hallucinations Cheaper Than Humans (May 20) In leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg described training AI on the work of employees before their dismissal. Meta was laying off about 7,800 employees and considered people "much smarter" than contractors for accelerating AI capabilities, especially in coding. This is a turning point: when the hallucinations of 95% of models are cheaper and faster than queues of engineers, economics flips everything.

Sources:

  • LLM Stats (LLM Updates & News)
  • WhatLLM.org (New AI Models May 2026)
  • AIFlashReport (New AI Model Releases)
  • Air Street Press (State of AI: May 2026)
  • NeuralBuddies (AI News Recap: May 22, 2026)
  • Meduza (Internet search will never be the same, 2026)

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