4 model releases from 4 providers in February 2025, with announcement dates, official sources, and practical notes for builders.
Dates refer to the linked announcement or release milestone. Previews are labeled in the entries; historical availability and pricing may have changed.
OpenAI released a research preview emphasizing conversational quality, broad knowledge, and instruction following.
For buildersThis release illustrates that conversational quality and explicit reasoning are different model strengths.
ElevenLabs released its first speech-to-text model, with multilingual transcription, timestamps, and speaker labels.
For buildersCreate searchable meeting or interview transcripts with links back to the original recording.
Anthropic introduced a hybrid reasoning model that could respond immediately or use extended thinking.
For buildersA single model can support both quick assistance and more deliberate technical work.
xAI detailed its Grok 3 beta models and their reasoning capabilities, including a smaller reasoning model.
For buildersCompare general knowledge tasks with focused mathematical reasoning.