American models lead Chinese ones on the tasks people actually pay for, argues blogger
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-29
teortaxesTex doubles down on the leaderboard debate: Chinese models and 3-month-old models are less capable. Whatever their ineffable "true quality," new models win on the kinds of tasks people pay money for — and American models are ahead of Chinese ones.
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