Gemini element-naming race heats up: Neon and Argon taken, Krypton is next as Google rejoins the frontier
tkipf · x · 2026-10-01
Former OpenAI researcher Liam Fedus notes that with Periodic Neon and Gemini Argon already claimed, the race is on for Krypton—referencing Google's new element-named models—and congratulates the team on rejoining the frontier. TKipf jokes about who grabs Praseodymium first. Fedus also calls the ongoing intelligence explosion a massive consumer surplus: "PhD on demand, pennies to run."
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