Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy.
Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming that Google’s latest Gemini model surpassed Anthropic’s flagship Claude model in the original Pokémon video game trilogy. Reportedly, Gemini had reached Lavender Town in a developer’s Twitch stream; Claude was stuck at Mount Moon as of late February.
Gemini is literally ahead of Claude atm in pokemon after reaching Lavender Town
119 live views only btw, incredibly underrated…
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