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There Is No Best AI Model in 2026 — And That's Actually Good News

Six frontier models in six weeks (GPT-5.4, Opus 4.6, Gemini, DeepSeek V4 $0.28/Mtok) — each best-in-class for different tasks. The absence of a universal best creates opportunity: routing cuts costs 30-70% while improving quality by matching task to the right model.