How to Read a Model Release Without Being Sold To
Every launch comes with a chart showing the new model winning. Here is what the chart leaves out, and which parts of the announcement are worth your attention.
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What the Latest GPT-4o Update Actually Changed — And What It Didn't
The release notes list improvements across the board. Testing against them finds gains in two areas and no measurable change in most of the rest.
The Small Models Are the More Interesting Story
Frontier releases get the coverage. Models small enough to run on a laptop or a phone are changing more about what can actually be deployed.
The State of Large Language Models in 2025: What Has Actually Changed
Context windows grew, prices fell, and the benchmark scores moved less than the marketing implies. A look at which changes are real and which are rounding errors.