# Bad Influence story: Together AI advises testing models on own workloads over public leaderboards

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-08 23:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/04a7ddb0-1a53-44d1-9e6b-1e41fbb2e630

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Latest update (11-08 23:00): Together AI says to test models on your own workloads, not leaderboards alone

Overview: Together AI says public benchmarks are useful for building a shortlist of models, but teams should decide what to ship by replaying the workloads they serve and running their own evals. The company advises using leaderboards to narrow the field and live traffic to make the final choice.

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1. 11-08 23:00 · Together AI · [Together AI says to test models on your own workloads, not leaderboards alone](https://badinfluence.news/items/ckpnatjtn53yy8o4p7k27nai2)
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