Opinion: Anthropic Model 2 gains underwhelming, open source gap narrows
ricklamers · x · 2026-08-17
Patrick Toulme shared thoughts on Anthropic's model iteration:
- Progress: The jump from Mythos to Model 2 appears non-revolutionary and smaller than expected.
- First-mover advantage: The internal lead on Mythos didn't yield significantly larger gains.
- Competition: The gap is closing as Chinese open-source labs reach Mythos-level quality.
- Future: Models will improve with RL environments and RSI, but the timeline for the next Opus-tier jump remains unknown.
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