Researcher Slams DeepMind for Announcing Models After Losing SotA Status

AI researcher BlackHC criticized Google DeepMind's release cadence, saying models are announced with fanfare but are no longer state-of-the-art by the time they actually become available, calling the practice 'quite ugly' from GDM's perspective.

2026-11-11 ~ 2026-11-11 · 2 related posts

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