Smaller, Cheaper, Faster, Sober. Drew Breunig highlights the interesting pattern at the moment where the best models are all converging on GPT-4 class capabilities, while competing on speed and price—becoming smaller and faster. This holds for both the proprietary and the openly licensed models.
Will we see a sizable leap in capabilities when GPT-5 class models start to emerge? It’s hard to say for sure—anyone in a position to know that likely works for an AI lab with a multi-billion dollar valuation that hinges on the answer to that equation, so they’re not reliable sources of information until the models themselves are revealed.
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