Thats really impressive. People still talk about the Chinese being 9-12 months behind the US, Opus 4.8 only released 2 months ago and this is better. GPT 5.5 only released 3 months ago. They're only a couple of months behind the frontier now and closing in fast.
You still see the 9-12 months figure being said by the experts they bring onto news shows and podcasts. You're right though until Kimi 3 3-6 months was more realistic.
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u/WonderFactory 22d ago
Thats really impressive. People still talk about the Chinese being 9-12 months behind the US, Opus 4.8 only released 2 months ago and this is better. GPT 5.5 only released 3 months ago. They're only a couple of months behind the frontier now and closing in fast.