How we verify

Every launch page states its date, lab, type, price and access, with its official website first. This page is the method behind those pages.

1. What counts as a launch

First external access to a model or product counts. A re-listing is not a new launch. A material access expansion gets a second, stage-labelled entry, not a rewritten first entry. A waitlist preview is not a launch — it stays on Coming Next until it opens generally.

2. Sources, in order

(1) Official announcement page, if verified. (2) Official product or model page. (3) Official homepage root, labelled as such and never presented as verifying launch facts on its own. (4) Named secondary coverage. (5) Release calendar, for date, lab and type only. Never construct or guess a URL.

3. Price and access rules

Price only where a price was published, with units and preview or introductory end dates where they exist. Otherwise: “Not published in the sources checked”. Access is a route — general, preview, waitlist, API-only, subscription-only or open-weight — not just a date. Access and price are shown on every card and in the timeline, using the same words as the article.

4. What we do not track

Rumours, leaks, funding news, routine checkpoints, fine-tunes and re-listings are deliberately not tracked as launches.

5. Due method (summary)

For lines with no confirmed date, we use the rhythm method: a line is Due-next only when it is past most of its usual gap between releases, Mid-cycle in between, and Just released in the first third. Full detail is on Coming Next. No exact date is ever invented.

6. Corrections

If a price or date changes, the launch page, the timeline and the changelog change in the same session, and the correction is logged with a date on Corrections. Benchmarks are always reported, never claimed as our test.

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