Reddit meme: labs will rush releases before Qwen 4 just to top benchmarks for a day
Porespellar · reddit · 2026-10-30
A Reddit user half-jokingly predicts that Google and other major labs will drop new local models in the coming days so they can lead benchmarks until Qwen 4 "sweeps them" next week. The cited precedent: Gemma 4 landed just days before a previous Qwen release, suggesting labs time launches to grab the spotlight. The poster expects a new Gemma or Muse Glimmer update soon—like the David Bowie line, "we could be heroes, just for one day."
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