Why “AA” is being discussed
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we need to make semi-educated decisions to pick model somehow, and AA is the best what is available
by andriy_koval · Oct 28, 2026
I think refer to Qwen 3.8 Max. It was released, got the top agantic ranking, and AA immediately made an update to their index calculation that made it lose the top spot. It was…
by tirpen · Oct 28, 2026
Now we know why AA updated their benchmarking. Bet they weren’t #1 before the change…
by simonjgreen · Oct 28, 2026
AA published their article on Carbon now at the same time so it's absolutely coordinated.
by WASDx · Oct 28, 2026
This likely isn't AA putting its finger on the scale for specific interests, rather in the case of Muse/Astra, it's to avoid looking really bad because it scores things way…
by CuriouslyC · Oct 28, 2026
AA updated their index version yesterday. For sure Google waited for that update so they could be #1.
by WASDx · Oct 28, 2026
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