AI industry set for major launches ahead of national day and mid-autumn festival

As the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day approach, the AI industry is set for a major product launch wave, with at least 10 large models expected to be released around the holidays. OpenAI, despite its usual avoidance of pre-holiday releases, is set to unveil GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Terra, and GPT-6 Luna, forming a full series with the already released GPT-6 Astra. Anthropic has also skipped version 5.1, directly releasing Opus 5.2 and Fable 5.2. Google is rumored to launch Gemini 4.0 Pro and 4.0 Flash, seen as a critical move to stay in the 'Big Three.' Domestically, Jieque Star has launched Step 5 Preview, while Kimi K3.1 is expected soon to maintain its ranking. Alibaba's Qwen4 series, with a new architecture and local deployment capabilities, is also anticipated. Xiaomi has released Mimo V2.6, and Zhipu's GLM-5.5 is rumored to exceed 1 trillion parameters. Tencent is also planning HY4 Pro as its flagship model. DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash has received praise, with V4.1 Pro potentially doubling its parameter count to 3 trillion.