AI Labs Drop Size-Based Names for Branded Model Codenames

AI labs are abandoning size-based model names in favor of branded codenames like OpenAI's Luna and Terra. However, Google's Carbon, Argon, and Hydrogen names have drawn criticism for making model hierarchy harder to distinguish than Anthropic's Opus > Sonnet > Haiku scheme.

2026-11-13 ~ 2026-11-15 · 2 related posts

• Google's Carbon-Argon-Hydrogen model naming breaks its own size logic — JeremyNguyenPhD · 2026-11-13
• AI labs ditch Small/Medium/Large for Starbucks-style codenames like Luna and Opus — Yuchenj_UW · 2026-11-15