Google Insiders Push Back on 'No Great Models' Criticism, Carbon Is Just Benchmarks
Angaisb_ · x · 2026-10-31
The author criticizes Google employees for posting passive-aggressive responses to claims that Google lacks great models. He argues Carbon isn't a great model because outsiders can't use it—until then it's just benchmark scores—and it should be compared against Fable 5.5 or GPT-6.1/6.2 Astra, not models from a month ago.
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