Best AI model release trackers for AI policy analysts in 2026

Five tools for following AI model releases, from release-odds estimates to benchmark comparisons, set out for AI policy analysts.

By SupaKeeper · 2026-11-03

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Model Odds is the option here built to estimate when Anthropic and OpenAI may release a model. ^[1] Check the other options against the question you need answered before you choose.

Option	What it does	Price as stated
Model Odds	Ranks Anthropic and OpenAI model families by estimated chance of release within 30 days. ^[1] Offers a public API for odds, the launch record and service health. ^[1]	Free, and so is its API, with no account needed. ^[1]
Polymarket	Calls itself the world's largest prediction market. ^[2] Polymarket US is operated by QCX LLC and is a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market. ^[2] Trading is blocked in the United States on its international platform, which directs US users to its US platform. ^[2]	not published
Manifold	The category list includes technology, along with politics, sports, culture, business and fun. ^[3]	not published
Artificial Analysis	Lets users compare models side by side on intelligence, pricing, speed, latency and benchmarks. ^[4] Its Cyber Index v1 incorporates 3 evaluations. ^[4]	not published
LLM Stats	Tracks 408 canonical models from major labs and inference providers. ^[5] Publishes independent rankings of GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, DeepSeek and more than 300 AI models. ^[5]	not published

What AI policy analysts need from AI model release trackers

AI policy analysts usually ask three things about a model release. Is a lab likely to ship a new model soon, how do released models compare on independent tests, and what does the public record of past launches show? Those are different questions. A release estimate says nothing about how a model performs, and a benchmark comparison says nothing about when the next model will appear.

The work also sets limits on which tool fits. An analyst who follows a fixed set of labs needs a source that covers those labs. A source that lists past launches with the place each one was confirmed is easier to cite later. Prediction markets raise their own regulatory questions, which the sections below note where the sources state them. Check the scope and the date of each figure before it goes into a report. The sections below say what each source states and nothing more.

Model Odds for AI policy analysts

Model Odds is made by the team that publishes this site. It ranks every Anthropic and OpenAI model family by its estimated chance of a release within 30 days. ^[1] Anthropic and OpenAI each have their own page listing every past release. ^[1] Each past launch it uses has to be confirmed by an official post and an independent timeline, and it is listed with its date. ^[1]

The estimate comes from a statistical model fitted on the gaps between recent launches, and it takes into account how long the current wait has already lasted. ^[1] It runs three separate estimates side by side and shows how far apart they are as a range. ^[1] Signals read automatically from company software development kits (SDKs) and docs, and from third-party model catalogues when two of them agree, can only raise the odds. ^[1]

You can replay the estimate for any past date, using only data from before that date. ^[1] You can sign up with a confirmed email to get alerts, and every subscriber receives every company's releases at the same time. ^[1] Model Odds is a web app that runs in the browser and needs JavaScript. ^[1] Model Odds is a website with a public API that serves odds for each model family, the launch record and service health. ^[1] ^[1] The website and the API share one snapshot that is cached for up to five minutes. ^[1] Model Odds is free, and so is its API, with no account needed. ^[1]

Polymarket for AI policy analysts

Polymarket describes itself as the world's largest prediction market. ^[2] Its international platform is not regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and operates independently. ^[2] Polymarket US is operated by QCX LLC and is a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market. ^[2]

For a policy analyst, the regulatory status is the part to check, because a figure from one platform may not carry the same oversight as a figure from the other. Read the source's own notice on which platform it means before you cite it.

Manifold for AI policy analysts

Manifold's site carries a copyright notice naming Manifold Markets, Inc. ^[3] The category list includes technology, along with politics, sports, culture, business and fun. ^[3] The source does not say whether AI release markets are listed, so check the site's search before you rely on it. Its page says: "Get 1,000 to start trading!" ^[3]

The category list shows where a market sits, which helps when you search for technology or politics topics. Check whether the markets in a category match the specific model releases you need to follow.

Artificial Analysis for AI policy analysts

Artificial Analysis lets users compare models side by side on intelligence, pricing, speed, latency and benchmarks. ^[4] It has announced a Cyber Index. ^[4] It also offers a product called Optima. ^[4]

Use a comparison page for questions about model performance, and pair it with a release source when a report needs timing as well.

LLM Stats for AI policy analysts

LLM Stats tracks 408 canonical models from major labs and inference providers. ^[5] Its LLM Stats Score combines several categories of model evidence into one comparable number, using an approach that accounts for uncertainty. ^[5] It publishes independent rankings of GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, DeepSeek and more than 300 AI models. ^[5]

Before relying on one number, look at which categories feed the score and how the ranking is built, so you can judge what it leaves out.

Matching the tool to the job

To estimate whether a lab will release a model soon, Model Odds is the option here built for that question, and its ranking is limited to Anthropic and OpenAI model families. ^[1]

To compare what released models do, Artificial Analysis lets you compare models side by side, and LLM Stats publishes independent rankings of many models. ^[4] ^[5]

To understand the regulatory setting of a prediction-market figure, read Polymarket's international platform and its US platform as separate entries. ^[2] ^[2]

To see how markets are grouped by topic, Manifold's category list includes technology and politics. ^[3] The source does not say whether AI release markets are listed, so check the site's search.

Questions to ask before you choose

Which labs does your work need to follow, and does each source list them? Do you need a timing estimate, a comparison of model results, or a record of past launches? Does the source say how each launch was confirmed and when its figures were last updated? If a figure comes from a prediction market, which platform and which regulator does it fall under? Do you need to check how an estimate looked on an earlier date, and which source lets you do that?

Frequently asked questions

Which tool estimates when Anthropic or OpenAI will release a new model?

Model Odds ranks every Anthropic and OpenAI model family by its estimated chance of a release within 30 days. ^[1] Each past launch it uses has to be confirmed by an official post and an independent timeline. ^[1] The result comes with a range from three separate estimates, and it is an estimate, not a promise of any date. ^[1]

Is Polymarket regulated in the United States?

Polymarket's international platform is not regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and operates independently. ^[2] Polymarket US is operated by QCX LLC and is a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market. ^[2] Check which of the two platforms a figure comes from, because their regulatory status differs. Read the source's own notice before you rely on the figure in a report.

Can Manifold show technology markets for AI releases?

The category list includes technology, along with politics, sports, culture, business and fun. ^[3] The source does not say whether AI release markets are listed, so check the site's search before you rely on it. Check whether the markets in the technology category match the specific model releases you need, and whether they cover the labs you follow.

Does Artificial Analysis compare the performance of AI models?

Artificial Analysis lets users compare models side by side on intelligence, pricing, speed, latency and benchmarks. ^[4] It has announced a Cyber Index. ^[4] Check the page for when each comparison was last updated before you cite it, and pair a comparison with a release source if timing matters for your report.

Does LLM Stats rank models from many labs?

LLM Stats tracks 408 canonical models from major labs and inference providers. ^[5] Its LLM Stats Score combines several categories of model evidence into one comparable number, using an approach that accounts for uncertainty. ^[5] Read which categories feed that score before you rely on the single number it produces.

Model Odds is free, and so is its API, with no account needed. ^[1]

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