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Summary by The San Antonio Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Matt O'Brien, Associated Press , as published by KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)
· June 23, 2026
· 1 min read
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Key takeaway Further details about Castricato's work and the current state of large language models are available from KSAT 12, a local news source in San Antonio, TX.
A computer scientist has been studying large language models for eight years. This technology is used in chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude. The scientist, Louis Castricato, has started to feel like he is hitting a dead end in his research.
He believes that the point of doing real fundamental research in this area has passed. Further details about Castricato's work and the current state of large language models are available from KSAT 12, a local news source in San Antonio , TX.
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Published: June 23, 2026 ·
Source: KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate) ·
Reading time: 1 min
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What is this story about? A computer scientist has been studying large language models for eight years. This technology is used in chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude. The scientist, Louis Castricato, has started to feel like he…
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