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Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models

414 points · 114 comments · moonikakiss

  1. mrinterweb · · focus · HN ↗
    There is so much opportunity for purpose built models like this. Ideally a harness should spin up a subagent to offload to targeted models for specific tasks like this. I know this is not a novel idea. Claude code does some of this by handing off the "explore" agent work to haiku. I just love seeing that specialized LLMs are being developed.
    1. nikcub · · focus · HN ↗
      There has been an over-obsession with frontier models and benchmarks. Most of the work will be done by task specific models. You don't put Phds on the factory floor.
      1. bizzletk · · focus · HN ↗
        If the PhDs don't cost very much more than your equivalent of factory-technicians but still get the job done, why wouldn't you do that, at least in the blunt case before cost control rears up?
        1. polotics · · focus · HN ↗
          because they will take initiatives for localized improvements you don't want them to take
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