This "rapid increase" from 63 to 668 models on OpenRouter sounds like a lot of hype, but what does it really change for someone looking to use these models?
More choices just means more sifting unless there's a serious filter for quality and security built in.
Simply having a bigger list doesn't automatically create a "daily research dataset" that's actually useful; it just makes it longer, like getting 668 options for electricity providers instead of 63 without knowing which ones are reliable.
For me, it's about what proves a model is genuinely safer or more efficient, not just that another one popped up.