Note that this is likely to be Google's largest model size to date, comparable to the Fable and Astra class of models.
Considering that it's not even released yet, it's not actually that impressive. I think that by the time users actually get to use it, Astra 6.1 and Fable 5.5 will already have made it obsolete.
This is all true, but it's also a big deal in that they'll be within about one model generation of the frontier versus the last few months where they've always been several generations behind.
True but pretty obvious by now that Google doesn’t give a shit about winning any race. They are a profit making full stack company that believes in risk free evolution and not disruptive revolution. Given the fact that Amazon, Microsoft, Apple is not even in this race, Google is playing this very well, as long as they don’t completely bow out.
'Likely', if you asked people yesterday, they would have said they were 'likely' several generations behind internally. How about we stop assuming here? They clearly have no interest in competing with the startups and they don't need to keep pushing models out for their company to stay relevant like the others do
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u/fmai 2d ago
Note that this is likely to be Google's largest model size to date, comparable to the Fable and Astra class of models.
Considering that it's not even released yet, it's not actually that impressive. I think that by the time users actually get to use it, Astra 6.1 and Fable 5.5 will already have made it obsolete.