The Best AI Models of May 2026

Jun 2

Claude Opus 4.8 has joined GPT-5.5 at the top — and the smartest move now is learning when to use each.

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I like how your voice came through in this research. Great writing. And useful to think through when to use which models, and why. Thanks for writing this Ryan!

Thanks John!

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