How a Frontier Model Gets Built, Read from the Kimi K3 Report

How to Choose Between Small and Frontier Models

The rise of small language models The post How to Choose Between Small and Frontier Models appeared first on Towards Data Science .

Introducing the Model Spec

Model Distillation in the API

Fine-tune a cost-efficient model with the outputs of a large frontier model–all on the OpenAI platform

Five Questions About Chronos-2, the Time Series Foundation Model

Part 1: A practitioner's walkthrough of univariate, multivariate, covariate-informed, and cold-start forecasting. The post Five Questions About Chronos-2, the Time Series Foundation Model appeared first on Towards Data Science .

Five Ways to Fine-Tune Chronos-2, the Time Series Foundation Model

In Part 1 of this series, we introduced Chronos-2, a time-series foundation model. We got our hands dirty by walking through a real case study and saw what Chronos-2 can do straight out of the box, with no training.

Frontier Model Forum updates

Together with Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft, we’re announcing the new Executive Director of the Frontier Model Forum and a new $10 million AI Safety Fund.

Frontier Lag: A Bibliometric Audit of Capability Misrepresentation in Academic AI Evaluation

arXiv:2605. 04135v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Readers of applied-domain LLM capability evaluations want to know what AI systems can currently do.

How frontier firms are pulling ahead

OpenAI’s B2B Signals research shows how frontier enterprises deepen AI adoption, scale Codex-powered agentic workflows, and build durable competitive advantage.

Beyond Na\"ive Prompting: Strategies for Improved Context-aided Forecasting with LLMs

arXiv:2508. 09904v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Real-world forecasting requires models to integrate not only historical data but also relevant contextual information provided in textual form.

How Hyper-Datafication Impacts the Sustainability Costs in Frontier AI

arXiv:2602. 00056v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large-scale data has fuelled the success of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models over the past decade.

How to Work Effectively with GPT-5.6

Maximize the latest OpenAI model The post How to Work Effectively with GPT-5. 6 appeared first on Towards Data Science .

That Is Embarrassing: Why Frontier AI Still Makes Things Up, and What to Do About It

The best AI models still hallucinate. These hallucinations are sometimes funny, and sometimes cause actual damage.