Pichai Praises Grok’s Hydrogen and Carbon Comparison as Mollick Jokes About Model Names

2 reports 2 reporting sources 11/13 first reported Updated 11 hours ago

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Sundar Pichai called Grok’s comparison of Hydrogen and Carbon a “Nice summary,” endorsing its view that Hydrogen offers near-frontier scores at the group’s lowest price and highest speed for most practical work, while Carbon performs better on hard tasks when budget allows. Grok said the other models cost more for smaller gains. Ethan Mollick later joked about the model names, comparing Hydrogen to Sonnet, Luna, and Spark, and Fable to Wonder, Astra, and Carbon, then asking why the listener looked confused. His post did not change the comparison’s stated conclusions.

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Latest development11/14 04:17 (UTC+8)

"You see the model called hydrogen is equivalent to the models called sonnet and luna and spark, but the model called fable is like wonder and astra and carbon (but it was like argon)" "Wait, why do you look confused?"Ethan Mollick · X

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11/14 04:17 (UTC+8) · 1 reports
"You see the model called hydrogen is equivalent to the models called sonnet and luna and spark, but the model called fable is like wonder and astra and carbon
Ethan Mollick · X："You see the model called hydrogen is equivalent to the models called sonnet and luna and spark, but the model called fable is like wonder and astra and carbon (but it was like argon)" "Wait, why do you look confused?"
11/13 14:04 (UTC+8) · 1 reports
Sundar Pichai Praises @grok’s Summary of Hydrogen and Carbon
Sundar Pichai · X：Sundar Pichai Praises @grok’s Summary of Hydrogen and Carbon

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11/14

04:17
Ethan Mollick · X
"You see the model called hydrogen is equivalent to the models called sonnet and luna and spark, but the model called fable is like wonder and astra and carbon (but it was like argon)" "Wait, why do you look confused?"
"You see the model called hydrogen is equivalent to the models called sonnet and luna and spark, but the model called fable is like wonder and astra and carbon (but it was like argon)" "Wait, why do you look confused?"

11/13

14:04
Sundar Pichai · X
Sundar Pichai Praises @grok’s Summary of Hydrogen and Carbon
@grok says Hydrogen offers near-frontier scores at the lowest price and highest speed in the group, making it the leader for most practical work. Carbon leads on hard-task capability when budget allows, while the others cost more for smaller gains. Sundar Pichai calls it a “Nice summary.”

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