GPT-4's year-long lead dwarfs today's seven-week model dominance
GPT-4's dominance lasted a year while today's top models barely survive seven weeks at the top
The Decoder
Summary
OpenAI's GPT-4 led the Epoch Capabilities Index for about a year, far longer than recent models. Since Claude 3 Opus took the top spot in February 2024, the lead has changed 17 times with a median stay of seven weeks as competition intensifies.