Has any LLM release ever been decidedly worse than its predecessor?
adonis_singh · x · 2026-11-09
A poster asks an interesting question: trying to recall any LLM release that was decidedly worse than its predecessor, he couldn't come up with an example. Despite frequent community complaints about behavior changes and perceived regressions, outright worse official model releases appear to be rare in the industry so far.
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