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A new report from AI research nonprofit METR says AI use within Anthropic may have doubled the company's pace of AI development. The rate at which Anthropic's models are improving as of October is roughly twice the rate between March 2024 and October 2025, according to The Information.

Google and Meta each unveiled a new frontier model within a span of days, and both companies claim the models can compete with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic. Independent benchmarks, pricing and technical specifications were not available in the source reporting.

Open-weight AI models are narrowing the performance gap with closed frontier models in current benchmarks focused on coding and terminal tasks, but industry analysts predict they'll struggle to keep pace as the field shifts toward specialized knowledge work in accounting, law, and healthcare. The gap reduction masks a more complex dynamic where benchmark correlation with real-world performance is weakening.