Generalist AI's GEN-1.5 announcement felt outdated before it even shipped
E0M · x · 2026-08-21
Ben Barry of Generalist AI shared that the GEN-1.5 announcement was planned three weeks ahead, but two weeks in, new internal results already gave the team whiplash — he had ChatGPT generate a meme image for their internal channel. A glimpse of how fast AI R&D iterations outpace even marketing cycles.
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