SAKANA'S FUGU ULTRA V1.1 CLAIMS EDGE OVER CLAUDE
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Sakana AI has released Fugu Ultra v1.1, claiming performance gains of up to 7.9 points over the previous version. The updated model router reportedly outperforms Claude's latest offering without including it in its routing pool.
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