Nathan Lambert: announce benchmarks without shipping and a rival will beat you to it
natolambert · x · 2026-10-13
Anthropic researcher Nathan Lambert argues that in today's ship-immediately climate, announcing a model's benchmarks while delaying the actual release (weights, product, or API) makes it almost certain a competitor will ship a better model in your category first — and he thinks the fast shipping pace is healthy for the field.
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