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Model names are a size ordering

September 2, 2026

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Every new AI model name looks like it was picked at random — Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, and now Fable and Mythos.

My co-host Nico worked out the actual logic behind it on the show today, and it's simpler than anyone's been giving it credit for.

"I understand where Dario goes with, like, the model naming, right? Like, haiku, very short. Sonnet, much longer. Opus, extremely long. You know, now we have Fable, much longer than Opus is."

Next time a new model name lands, you'll have a way to place it before anyone tells you what it means.

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Value-First AI Daily - Sep 2, 2026

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