# Mollick suspects a growing gap between lab-internal and public AI models

> Original title: One thing we don’t have a good measure of is the gap between the capability of the best internal models at the labs and the best released...

- Source: Ethan Mollick
- Published: 2026-10-30T12:58:41.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/zkj69vjb5zcjuwgglss8o85ne
- Original: https://x.com/emollick/status/2116152813570969993

## Summary

Ethan Mollick says there is no good measure of the gap between the best internal models at AI labs and the best publicly released model. He suspects the gap has grown over the past year, especially after the temporary Fable ban.

## Post

One thing we don’t have a good measure of is the gap between the capability of the best internal models at the labs and the best released model to the public. I suspect it has been growing quite a bit over the course of the last year, especially after the temporary Fable ban.