Beam's benchmarks disappoint: US open model lags Chinese rivals like DeepSeek, says Reddy
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-06
- Bindu Reddy critiques the US open-source model Beam, saying its benchmarks don't look very good.
- She argues Beam is behind Chinese open-source models like DeepSeek, which she calls "insanely useful," underscoring the US-China open-model gap.
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