Picking the right model

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

May 21, 2026

Duration

31m

Channel

Claude

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Hands-on techniques for testing and comparing models against your use case, so you can make a confident call each time a new release ships.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Claude, Picking the right model explores choose AI models using private evals, not public benchmarks alone Public benchmarks and online hot takes are only directionally useful and rarely match real production workloads.

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