Burkov challenges Musk's 'strongest model' claim: no lab can hold the lead anymore
burkov · x · 2026-11-11
ML author Burkov pushes back on Elon Musk's Grok hype, noting "to be something special" is far from Musk's claim that it "will be the strongest model in the world when released and will remain this way." He argues no lab today can beat the competition by a substantial edge, nor stay ahead for a year or two the way OpenAI and Anthropic once did.
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