Developer doubts small-model evals can be a lasting moat

Shahules786 questions whether fine-tuned small models for evaluation can be a durable moat for AI monitoring platforms, noting he tried this in early 2024 and expects big labs to distill such capabilities into their own models.

2026-10-08 ~ 2026-10-09 · 2 related posts

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