AI Weekly Issue #524: What AI models are actually coming in the next six months?

If you use AI at work, the tools you rely on could change again before February. OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, several Chinese labs, and a group of world-model startups are all preparing or rumored to be preparing new releases. Some have announced dates. Others have only appeared in testing reports, leaks, or investor comments. This issue sorts those signals into a practical list: what is likely to ship, what will probably slip, and which releases might actually be worth changing your plans for.