# Highlights - September 2026

Sebastien Frenck

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Published 2026-09-01

Added inference-glm5 (GLM 5.3) to Sandbox Models for performance, stability, and cost validation; promotion to the Active Models catalog is pending successful evaluation. Hugging Face reference: zai-org/GLM-5.3.
Added inference-kimi-k3 (Kimi K3) to Sandbox Models for performance, stability, and cost validation; promotion to the Active Models catalog is pending successful evaluation. Hugging Face reference: moonshotai/Kimi-K3.
Added inference-minimax-h3 (MiniMax H3) to Sandbox Models for performance, stability, and cost validation; promotion to the Active Models catalog is pending successful evaluation. Hugging Face reference: MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3.
Added inference-qwen3-embedding-8b (Qwen3 Embedding 8B) to Active Models on the Phoeniqs Model Service. Hugging Face reference: Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B. Embedding model optimized for text retrieval across 100+ languages.
Added inference-qwen3-reranker-8b (Qwen3 Reranker 8B) to Active Models on the Phoeniqs Model Service. Hugging Face reference: Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-8B. Reranker model for relevance scoring across 100+ languages.
Added inference-flix-swissgerman-full (Flix Swiss German Full) to Active Models on the Phoeniqs Model Service. Hugging Face reference: Flix-AI/flix-swissgerman-full. Swiss German ASR model that transcribes dialect speech into Standard German text; pricing matches WhisperX (inference-whisper-large-v3).
Added Provision PHOENIQS Chat, a step-by-step guide to provisioning a dedicated Chat instance from the Phoeniqs Console.
Scheduled inference-glm45-air-110b (GLM 4.5 Air 110B) for decommissioning on 28.09.2026; see Scheduled for Retirement. Suggested replacement: inference-glm5 (GLM 5).
Scheduled inference-gemma-12b-it (Gemma 3 12B IT) for decommissioning on 28.09.2026; see Scheduled for Retirement. Suggested replacement: inference-gemma4-31b (Gemma 4 31B).
Decommissioned inference-apertus-70b (Apertus 70B) on 21.08.2026; moved to the Decommissioned Models list. Suggested replacement: inference-apertus-v15-70b (Apertus v1.5 70B) on Active Models.

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