{
 "issue": "2026-10-14",
 "previous": "2026-09-28",
 "next": "2026-10-28",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "changed_use_cases": 4,
 "total_use_cases": 36,
 "rows": [
  {
   "use_case": "Text",
   "sota": "Gemini 4 Argon High / Muse Wonder Max / Claude Opus 5.5 Max / Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max",
   "open_weight": "MiMo-V2.6-Pro / Kimi K3 / GLM-5.3 Max / Qwen3.8 2.4T (Apache)",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "SOTA: Arena Text #1 Gemini 4 Argon High 1525 (prelim; was opus-5.5-high 1509); Muse Wonder Max #2 1513. AA Index still Opus 5.5 Max 58; Sonnet 5.5 Max new AA #2 at 56 (Muse Wonder Full ~55.8). OSS pack unchanged (MiMo-V2.6-Pro still top open weights)",
   "sources": "Arena Text (2026-10-13); Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2; Meta Muse Wonder (2026-10-12); Anthropic Sonnet 5.5 (2026-09-28); Google Gemini 4 Argon",
   "notes": "Arena Text Elo: argon-high 1525, muse-wonder-max 1513, opus-5.5-high 1508, fable-5-high 1503, fable-5.1-max 1501. AA Index: Opus 5.5 Max 58, Sonnet 5.5 Max 56, Opus 5.5 xhigh 56, Muse Wonder Full ~55.8. Top OSS Arena Text: MiMo-V2.6-Pro 1479, GLM-5.3 Max 1479"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Coding",
   "sota": "Claude Opus 5.5 Max / GPT-6 Astra Max / Claude Sonnet 5.5 xHigh / GPT-6.1 Sol Max",
   "open_weight": "Kimi K3 Max / MiMo-V2.6-Flash / Qwen3.8 Flash Next / Hy4 / MiMo-V2.6-Pro",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "SOTA: Opus 5.5 Max still #1 WebDev (1811); Astra Max #2 (1780); Sonnet 5.5 xHigh #3 (1774) and GPT-6.1 Sol Max #4 (1760) displace Fable 5.1 Max to #5. OSS: MiMo-V2.6-Flash enters above Hy4 / MiMo-Pro",
   "sources": "Arena WebDev (2026-10-13); OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol (2026-09-29); Anthropic Sonnet 5.5 (2026-09-28)",
   "notes": "WebDev Elo: Opus 5.5 Max 1811, Astra Max 1780, Sonnet 5.5 xhigh 1774, GPT-6.1 Sol Max 1760, Fable 5.1 Max 1743. OSS: Kimi K3 Max 1655, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 1635, Qwen3.8 Flash Next 1633, Hy4 1632, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 1625"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Tool Calling",
   "sota": "Claude Opus 5.5 Max / GPT-6.1 Sol Max / Claude Fable 5.1 Max / GPT-6 Astra Max",
   "open_weight": "MiMo-V2.6-Pro / Kimi K3 / Hy4 / GLM-5.3 Max",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "SOTA: Opus 5.5 Max takes #1 Agent (17.01%; was Fable 5.1 Max 13.84%); GPT-6.1 Sol Max #2 (15.05%); Fable 5.1 Max #3 (14.32%); Astra Max #4. OSS: MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads open agent pack on Arena Pareto (~3.76%)",
   "sources": "Arena Agent (2026-10-14); OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol (2026-09-29)",
   "notes": "Agent net improvement: Opus 5.5 Max 17.01%, GPT-6.1 Sol Max 15.05%, Fable 5.1 Max 14.32%, Astra Max 13.69%, Gemini 4 Argon High 13.59%, Sonnet 5.5 Max 13.00%. OSS Pareto: MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.11/task 3.76%"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Image Labeling",
   "sota": "Claude Fable 5 / Claude Opus 5.5 / Qwen 3.8 Max",
   "open_weight": "Qwen3.8 Max / Qwen3-VL-235B / Gemma 4 31B / Kimi K2.6",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "SOTA: Opus 5.5 enters Vision #2 (1321); Fable 5 still #1 (1324). Prior tab noted Opus 5.5 not yet on Vision board",
   "sources": "Arena Vision (2026-10-09)",
   "notes": "Vision Elo: Fable 5 1324, Opus 5.5 1321, Opus 5 1319. Qwen3.8 Max remains leading open/near-open vision option in prior pack"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Music",
   "sota": "Ace Step 1.5 XL / Suno / Minimax Music 3",
   "open_weight": "HeartMuLa / Minimax Music 3",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Avatar agents",
   "sota": "Simli",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Voice",
   "sota": "Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS / ElevenLabs v3 / Grok Voice / Index TTS 2.5",
   "open_weight": "Qwen3TTS / VibeVoice",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Voice to voice",
   "sota": "Elevenlabs / Heygen / Qwen3TTS / VibeVoice / WavTTS / Index TTS 2.5",
   "open_weight": "Scenema Audio / DramaBox / Lava SR / LongCat Audio / OmniVoice",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Voice cloning",
   "sota": "Elevenlabs / Tada / WavTTS / Index TTS 2.5",
   "open_weight": "Scenema Audio / DramaBox / IndexTTS2 / LongCat Audio / OmniVoice",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Voice to text",
   "sota": "Qwen3 ASR",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Realtime Voice",
   "sota": "Grok Voice",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Text to Image",
   "sota": "GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst / GPT Image 2.5 Flare / GPT Image 2 / MAI-Image-2.6 Preview",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "Arena Text-to-Image (2026-09-24)",
   "notes": "Elo: sunburst 1424 (prelim), flare 1401 (prelim), gpt-image-2 1383, mai-image-2.6 1335. Qwen-Image-2.1 (OSS, Sep 20) enters Arena #17 at 1228; not top-tier yet"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Image editing",
   "sota": "GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst / GPT Image 2.5 Flare / GPT Image 2 / Grok Imagine Image 2.0",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "Arena Image Edit (board still 2026-09-07)",
   "notes": "Elo unchanged order: sunburst 1520, flare 1491, gpt-image-2 1461, grok-imagine-image-2.0 1439"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Text to Video",
   "sota": "Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash / Gemini Omni Flash / Flux 3 Video / Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Agent",
   "open_weight": "MiniMax H3 (community) / LTX-2 / Wan 2.2 (Apache)",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "Arena Text-to-Video (board still 2026-09-21)",
   "notes": "Elo unchanged: omni-1.1-flash 1516, omni-flash 1513, flux-3-video 1493, grok-imagine-video-1.5-agent 1492. Board not refreshed since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Image to Video",
   "sota": "MiniMax H3 / Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash / Wan 3.0 / Seedance 2.5",
   "open_weight": "MiniMax H3 (community) / Wan 2.2 (Apache) / LTX-2",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "Arena Image-to-Video (2026-09-21)",
   "notes": "Elo: minimax-h3 1495, omni-1.1-flash 1488, wan3.0 1480, seedance-2.5 1477. Order unchanged vs 2026-09-14"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Video to Video",
   "sota": "Wan 3.0 / Seedance 2.5 / MiniMax H3 / Gemini Omni Flash",
   "open_weight": "Wan-Animate-2 (Apache 2.0) / Wan-Animate-2-Lite / LTX-2",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "Arena Video Edit (stale 2026-08-26); HF Wan-Animate-2 check 2026-09-28",
   "notes": "Video Edit Elo still wan3.0 1414, seedance-2.5 1410, minimax-h3 1392 (board Aug 26). Animate-2 Base+Distill public; Lite still no public checkpoint"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Video Avatars",
   "sota": "LPM 1.0 / InfiniteTalk / Interactavatar / Flowact R1 / EditYourself / Live Portrait / omni show",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Video Segmenting",
   "sota": "LocateAnything / SAM3",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Lipsync videos",
   "sota": "OmniHuman Dreamina / EditYourself",
   "open_weight": "JustDubIt / OmniSync / LatentSync / MultiTalk",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Lipsync images",
   "sota": "OmniHuman Dreamina / Hedra / InfiniteTalk",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Consistent Characters / GNM Google",
   "sota": "Gemini Flash",
   "open_weight": "Flux Kontext / Lynx",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "References",
   "sota": "Runway / Google Flow / Kling 3.0",
   "open_weight": "WAN Animate",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "AI Upscaling",
   "sota": "Topaz Labs / Sega (Image)",
   "open_weight": "PiD",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Upframing",
   "sota": "Topaz Labs",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "x",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Video SoundFX",
   "sota": "PrismAudio / Elevenlabs / AudioX / Ace Studio",
   "open_weight": "PrismAudio",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Agent framework",
   "sota": "Codex / Claude Cowork / Google Spark / PowerAutomate (Copilot Recorded)",
   "open_weight": "OpenClaw / Hermes Agent / n8n (selfhosted)",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Scientific Agentic Framework",
   "sota": "Robin / Co-Scientist / Autoscientists",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Browser Use",
   "sota": "Browser use / Auto GLM",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "3D Modelling",
   "sota": "Pixal3D / Hunyuan 3D 3 / MoCA / Trellis 2 / Ultrashape",
   "open_weight": "Moonlake",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "3D World",
   "sota": "Marble / Genie 3 / Mirage 2 / Trisplat",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "3D Assets",
   "sota": "Articraft / PhysX-Omni / CubePart",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Concierge",
   "sota": "Lorikeet",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Sales",
   "sota": "Lusha / Clay / Apollo / Fiber",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Ad Agencies",
   "sota": "Higgsfield / Superscale AI",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "SAAS working with AI",
   "sota": "Posthog / Airtable",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  },
  {
   "use_case": "Video Editors",
   "sota": "Palmier / FTX Studio",
   "open_weight": "-",
   "human_level": "-",
   "change": "-",
   "sources": "prior tab",
   "notes": "No clear new #1 since 2026-09-28"
  }
 ]
}