Ethan Mollick: Meaningfully Better AI Releases Are Accelerating

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Mollick's post (May 30, 2026): "It does seem like meaningfully better AI releases are accelerating, especially from OpenAI & Anthropic. To illustrate, I caused this timeline to be created. It only lists new models that scored 3 points or higher over previous models in the Artificial Analysis index."

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LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B · Hugging Face LFM2.5-2.6B as a new model release from Liquid AI is a concrete data point supporting Mollick's thesis that meaningfully better AI releases are accelerating across the industry
Improving Gpt 5 6 Sol In Chatgpt Ethan Mollick's observation that meaningfully better AI releases are accelerating directly contextualizes OpenAI's iterative improvements to GPT models within ChatGPT as evidence of this acceleration trend
The Economics of Recursive Self-Improvement Mollick's empirical observation that meaningful AI releases are accelerating provides real-world data that supports the paper's tentative conclusion that feedback loops 'appear to be strengthening'
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First published:	Sunday, 31 May 2026 at 12:00 UTC
Location:	https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emollick_it-does-seem-like-meaningfully-better-ai-share-7466647737384742912-WpIl/
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