The last six months in LLMs in five minutes

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November 2025 marked an inflection point in LLMs, especially for coding, with the 'best' model changing hands five times among major providers.
Coding agents significantly improved, transitioning from 'often-work' to 'mostly-work', making them practical for daily use without constant error correction.
The period saw the emergence and viral growth of 'Claws' (personal AI assistants), exemplified by the OpenClaw project, leading to increased sales of Mac Minis as hosting platforms.
Models demonstrated enhanced capabilities in creative tasks, such as generating images of pelicans riding bicycles, with notable improvements in laptop-available open-weight models like Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

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