Anthropic · OpenAI · Claude · Google · Mythos · Meta · CNBC Technology
‘Model fatigue’ sets in as AI labs race to roll out new versions at frenetic pace
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First, Anthropic updated Fable and Mythos.
Key facts
- They're all going after a slice of what Gartner projects will be $2.59 trillion worth of AI spending this year, a 47% increase over 2025
- On Wednesday, Meta announced Muse Spark 1.3 and Google unveiled Gemini 3.8 Flash, with both companies touting advancements in coding and agentic tasks
- And not to be outdone, Nvidia, the world's most valuable company and the chipmaker at the heart of the AI boom, officially agreed to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
- Anthropic kicked off this week's action on Tuesday by releasing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, which the company called the "world's most advanced models for coding and knowledge work
Summary
That was all this week, as a dizzying pace of modifications and upgrades hit the market from a handful of companies that are vying to stay at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Thursday that "we're all moving to faster cadences," attributing some of the acceleration to everyone getting "back after summer vacation. "The reporter feel like model fatigue is a real thing," said Zhen Lu, CEO of AI startup Runpod. Ahmed Abbasi, a professor at Notre Dame's Mendoza School of Business and 25-year veteran in AI, said the model developers are "all playing the share-of-wallet game," racing to keep up with each other and to remind developers that they're innovating at least as fast as everyone else.