AI IntelligenceSep 28, 2026AI Intelligence
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StepFun debuts Step 5 Preview model with 600B parameters
StepFun launched its Step 5 Preview model, a sparse Mixture of Experts model with approximately 600 billion total parameters and 27 billion active parameters. The model features a 1 million token context window for long-horizon agents, with its API live now and BF16 open weights scheduled for October 15, 2026.
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StepFun debuts Step 5 Preview model with 600B parameters: StepFun launched its Step 5 Preview model, a sparse Mixture of Experts model with approximately 600 billion total parameters and 27 billion active parameters. The model features a 1 million token context window for long-horizon agents, with its API live now and BF16 open weights scheduled for October 15, 2026.