The capability curve

Frontier models are getting more capable, fast. Where the curve is going, and what it means for developers building on Claude.

May 8, 202615mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 8, 2026
Duration: 15m
Channel: Claude
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Frontier models are getting more capable, fast. Where the curve is going, and what it means for developers building on Claude.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Claude, The capability curve explores how rapidly improving Claude models change agentic coding best practices Claude’s coding performance has improved sharply year-over-year, illustrated by an SWE-bench Verified jump from 62% to 87% and a demo comparing older vs newer model output quality.

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