AI this week: Aug 17 – 23, 2026
6 new models, 0 price changes and 11 articles from the sources we follow.
Top stories
From Atari to EVE Online: Building on 15 Years of AI Research in Games
Google DeepMind partners with game studios to prototype breakthrough AI gameplay.
How mobility gives language models a deeper understanding of place
Algorithms & Theory
Agentic Search. More accurate and efficient results from your AI systems.
The retrieval layer that helps AI systems navigate, read, and verify information inside even the most complex documents
New models this week
| Model | Inputi | Outputi | Contexti | Overall indexi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GLM 5.3Z.ai (Zhipu) | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1.3M | 155.6 |
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek | $0.22 | $0.66 | 1M | — |
Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent | $0.074 | $0.30 | 8K | — |
Hy-MT2-7BTencent | $0.074 | $0.30 | 8K | — |
| $0.10 | $0.20 | 1M | — | |
Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent | $0.044 | $0.18 | 8K | — |