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Every Frontier Model Slated for June Slips to July — Gemini 3.5 Pro, Grok 5, and GPT-5.6 All Delayed as DeepMind Turmoil Wipes ~$269B Off Alphabet
Reporting around June 27 notes that the major frontier releases expected in June — Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro, xAI's Grok 5, and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 — have all slipped into July, against a backdrop of DeepMind's talent exodus that helped wipe an estimated ~$269B off Alphabet's market cap in a week. The simultaneous slippage (part government review, part internal turmoil) suggests the frontier-release cadence is decoupling from the relentless monthly drumbeat of late 2025. Builders planning around specific model launch dates should treat Q3 timelines as soft.
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