Dev Pushes Back on Google AI Hype: Great Benchmarks, Few Actual Users
zacharynado · x · 2026-10-29
Quoting a claim that Google has caught up, jauneclaude pushes back: Google's models look strong on benchmarks but few people actually use them — usage concentrates on Claude and GPT, with open models taking the rest. He adds that Google models often get stuck in tool-call and reasoning loops. zacharynado boosted the take.
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