# AI model releases, June 2026

6 AI model releases we verified for June 2026 from 4 vendors, including Claude Sonnet 5, Nano Banana 2 Lite, GLM-5.2, Claude Fable 5 and more. Dates, status and a vendor source link for each.

Period: 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-30 · Last verified: 2026-10-26 · Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/models/releases/2026-06 · All models: https://theagenticweekly.com/models · JSON: https://theagenticweekly.com/models.json

This lists the releases in our dataset for the period, not every model a vendor shipped. Every row links to the vendor page that states the release date. We did not run any of these models (evidence: Reported).

| Date | Model | Vendor | Status | Release date source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | [Claude Sonnet 5](https://theagenticweekly.com/models/claude-sonnet-5) | Anthropic | generally available | https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview |
| 2026-06-30 | [Nano Banana 2 Lite](https://theagenticweekly.com/models/nano-banana-2-lite) | Google | generally available | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog |
| 2026-06-16 | [GLM-5.2](https://theagenticweekly.com/models/glm-5-2) | Z.ai | generally available | https://docs.z.ai/release-notes/new-released |
| 2026-06-09 | [Claude Fable 5](https://theagenticweekly.com/models/claude-fable-5) | Anthropic | generally available | https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview |
| 2026-06-09 | [Claude Mythos 5](https://theagenticweekly.com/models/claude-mythos-5) | Anthropic | limited access | https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview |
| 2026-06-09 | [North Mini Code](https://theagenticweekly.com/models/north-mini-code) | Cohere | generally available | https://docs.cohere.com/changelog |

- **Claude Sonnet 5** (Anthropic, Jun 30, 2026): Anthropic's Claude Sonnet generation launched Jun 30, 2026 at $2 / $10 per million tokens, a price Anthropic made standard on Aug 10, 2026. Date note: Date of the launch entry in the Claude Platform release notes (API availability).
- **Nano Banana 2 Lite** (Google, Jun 30, 2026): Google's ultra-low-latency, cost-effective image generation and editing model (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image), generally available since Jun 30, 2026.
- **GLM-5.2** (Z.ai, Jun 16, 2026): Z.ai's GLM-5.2, released Jun 16, 2026 with a 1M-token context; Mistral's changelog lists it as retiring on Oct 31, 2026 in favor of GLM-5.3.
- **Claude Fable 5** (Anthropic, Jun 9, 2026): Anthropic's most capable model open to all customers when it launched on Jun 9, 2026, alongside the access-limited Claude Mythos 5; succeeded by Claude Fable 5.1. Date note: Date of the launch entry in the Claude Platform release notes (API availability).
- **Claude Mythos 5** (Anthropic, Jun 9, 2026): Anthropic's access-limited Claude model for Project Glasswing participants, launched Jun 9, 2026 alongside Claude Fable 5. Date note: Date of the launch entry in the Claude Platform release notes (API availability).
- **North Mini Code** (Cohere, Jun 9, 2026): Cohere's first agentic coding model, released Jun 9, 2026 as a 30B-total, 3B-active mixture-of-experts model under Apache 2.0.

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Data: Agentic Weekly (https://theagenticweekly.com), CC BY 4.0.