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Genie 4 alternatives, tested on day 7

The other AI models Day 7 has checked, ranked by stamp: Delivered first, then Partly, Not yet and Too early. Within a stamp, more user reports rank higher.

Genie 4 itself is stamped Too early: read its receipt.

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No. 009 · Google · launched 6 Oct 2026 · stamped 25 Oct 2026
EmbeddingGemma 2
Claims ✓4 ~1 ✗0 ?0 · 14 reports
The open weights, the shared text-image-audio space and the code gains check out in independent tests; text-only users get no boost, as Google said.
Delivered
02
No. 008 · DeepSeek · launched 17 Oct 2026 · stamped 25 Oct 2026
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
Claims ✓2 ~2 ✗0 ?0 · 12 reports
It is live and MIT-licensed as promised, but users split on whether it finishes faster and codes better; some see shorter runs, others overthinking.
Partly
03
No. 005 · Google · launched 13 Oct 2026 · stamped 22 Oct 2026
Gemini 4 Argon
Claims ✓0 ~2 ✗1 ?1 · 10 reports
It is live in the API and Gemini app, but the advertised 95% cache discount gave users zero cache hits, and many Pro and Business subscribers still can't use it in Antigravity.
Partly
04
No. 002 · Anthropic · launched 22 Sept 2026 · stamped 22 Oct 2026
Claude Opus 5.5
Claims ✓0 ~3 ✗0 ?2 · 7 reports
The lower list price is real, but users report limits draining faster, more thinking tokens and safeguard false alarms, and nobody has independently confirmed the 40% saving.
Partly
05
No. 004 · OpenAI · launched 29 Sept 2026 · stamped 22 Oct 2026
GPT-6.1 Sol
Claims ✓0 ~3 ✗0 ?2 · 5 reports
It arrived and Ultrafast followed, but 'available today' took app updates for many users, Ultrafast is limited to top plans, and some users report over-refusals.
Partly
06
No. 007 · Meta · launched 15 Oct 2026 · stamped 25 Oct 2026
Muse Spark Open
Claims ✓0 ~1 ✗0 ?3 · 6 reports
Ten days in, nobody independent has run the two-Mac-Studio setup, and Apple still lists the 512GB M5 Ultra as coming in late October.
Too early
07
No. 013 · Liquid AI · launched 27 Oct 2026 · stamped 29 Oct 2026
LFM3
Claims ✓0 ~0 ✗0 ?3 · 2 reports
Two days in, only a few first-hand comments exist, and one reports a load failure and a wrong answer.
Too early
08
No. 011 · OpenAI · launched 26 Oct 2026 · stamped 28 Oct 2026
GPT-6.1 Terra
Claims ✓0 ~0 ✗0 ?4 · 1 reports
Two days in, users have barely tested the cost and speed claims; one early benchmark run found max effort costlier than Sol.
Too early
09
No. 014 · Google DeepMind · launched 28 Oct 2026 · stamped 29 Oct 2026
Gemini 4 Carbon
Claims ✓0 ~0 ✗0 ?3 · 0 reports
Access is limited to a subset of cyber defenders, so no hands-on reports exist to check the claims.
Too early

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