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The reported medians are 11 days industry-wide and 49 days for OpenAI, not a general five-day frontier-model cadence. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Frontier Labs Are Releasing New Models Faster Than Ever, Shows Data · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:7b7980150c48a09c6ff06a51d4e14343ab938945d58e6333cd6a2050ee1a1d18

The frontier model industry median release cadence reached approximately 11 days across multiple labs during early 2026, while OpenAI’s median gap was reported as 49 days.