Theory: Most of Google Astra's Gains Come From Vision, Not Coding
dumquestions · reddit · 2026-09-05
A Redditor proposes that most of Google Astra's improvement lies in vision, which would explain its impressive design and research gains alongside modest coding benchmark improvements. The author stresses the jump is still massive and asks heavy users whether they agree.
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