Frontier models keep absorbing specialist computer vision tasks, thread finds
ShahabBakht · x · 2026-09-30
A 4-part thread by Khan Salman surveys how much computer vision frontier models can handle today. The core claim: with every new release, frontier models cover more vision tasks — including many once thought to require specialist models.
Useful for engineering decisions on whether dedicated CV models are still needed.
Related event: Frontier Models Are Devouring Specialized Vision Models' Turf(2 posts)→
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