<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Quick Take — The Latent Daily</title><description>Short, sharp opinions on one AI question.</description><link>https://thelatentdaily.com/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://thelatentdaily.com/rss/quick-take.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Quick take: benchmark scores won&apos;t tell you which AI model to use</title><link>https://thelatentdaily.com/articles/quick-take-benchmark-scores-dont-pick-your-model/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelatentdaily.com/articles/quick-take-benchmark-scores-dont-pick-your-model/</guid><description>Why leaderboard rankings are a poor guide to choosing an AI model for your work, what they do measure, and a simple way to test models on your own tasks.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:48:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Quick Take</category><category>benchmarks</category><category>model-selection</category><category>evaluation</category><category>opinion</category><author>dario_admin@resolvia-crm.tech</author></item><item><title>Quick take: bigger context windows are not always better</title><link>https://thelatentdaily.com/articles/quick-take-bigger-context-windows-are-not-always-better/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelatentdaily.com/articles/quick-take-bigger-context-windows-are-not-always-better/</guid><description>Models now accept huge inputs, but stuffing everything into the prompt can reduce accuracy and raise costs. When long context helps, and when retrieval works better.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:47:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Quick Take</category><category>context-window</category><category>rag</category><category>long-context</category><category>opinion</category><author>dario_admin@resolvia-crm.tech</author></item></channel></rss>