The capability curve

ℹ️ 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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