Lab insider: model version numbers like "4.1 Flash 1017" are now universal industry jargon
sloppenheimer · x · 2026-11-08
An AI lab insider notes how model naming has become universal shorthand: you can drop version numbers with suffixes like Flash or abliterated and everyone instantly knows which models you mean. His list — 5.3, 4.1 Flash 1017, 3.1, 3.1 Pro, 6.1, 6, 5.5 — is "all you need," highlighting how convoluted model naming has become that it now forms its own insider jargon.
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