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		dcchambers 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Improved Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite Why do all of these model providers have such issues naming/versioning them? Why even use a version number (2.5) if you aren't going to change it when you update the model? This industry desperately needs a Steve Jobs to bring some sanity to the marketing.

GaggiX 33 days ago [–]

The version number is about the architecture of the model, the date is just about the last weights of the model.

kanwisher 33 days ago | [–]

we solved this problem like 30 years ago, just have a minor release, and you can always get the latest minor release

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