Nat Lambert calls out Google: don't announce Gemini scores nobody can try
natolambert · x · 2026-10-29
HF research lead Nathan Lambert called out Google: Gemini's new models are never publicly available when announced — "don't bother announcing your scores if we can't use it," adding this is a repeated "rookie move." A public critique of Google's announce-benchmarks-before-availability pattern around the new Gemini Carbon release.
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