Here I discuss new or upcoming large language models including Technology Innovation Institute's latest Falcon model, Meta's (f.k.a. Facebook's) upcoming iteration on it's influential LLaMA models, and Alphabet Inc.'s (f.k.a. Google's) highly but vaguely anticipated new model Gemini. My real aim is to discuss how you might evaluate these different models, how the outcomes track the goals of their makers, the potential value in embracing open source models, and what sort of marketing language prevails in this area when test drives are not available.
In the heat of the moment, I also accidentally provide some arguments about naming and renaming things...