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Best AI Models & Intelligence (2026)

5 entries, ordered by one measurable criterion: how many of their facts we have confirmed against a cited source, most often the maker's own pages. More verified facts rank higher; ties go to the most recently confirmed. This is not a quality score, and affiliate payouts never change the order. See how the index works.

  1. 1

    Llama 3.1 405B

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    5 verified factslast confirmed 2026-10-04

    Llama 3.1 405B

    Meta's open-weights behemoth.

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  2. 2

    DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

    4 verified factslast confirmed 2026-10-05

    DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, a conversational AI model.

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  3. 3

    Google Gemini

    Free; Google AI Pro tier $19.99/mo

    4 verified factslast confirmed 2026-10-04

    Google Gemini

    Google's deeply integrated AI model, baked directly into Workspace.

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  4. 4

    DeepSeek R1

    3 verified factslast confirmed 2026-10-05

    DeepSeek R1

    A Mixture-of-Experts reasoning model that reset price expectations for frontier-class performance.

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  5. 5

    Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS

    3 verified factslast confirmed 2026-10-04

    Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS, a text-to-speech model with high voice fidelity and extensive language support.

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