A Year After Opus 4.1 and GPT-5 Wowed Us, Fable/Astra Make Them Look Dated
alejandroll10 · x · 2026-09-05
@SullyOmarr observes that model progress has outpaced public perception: a year ago Opus 4.1, GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 seemed great, but the new Fable/Astra generation has clearly left them behind. A sentiment piece on the pace of capability jumps; no benchmarks given and the model names remain unverified.
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