Frontier model

Also called: frontier models, frontier AI, frontier lab, frontier labs, AI lab, AI labs, state of the art model, SOTA

One of the most capable general-purpose AI models available at a given time. The set changes as the field advances. The companies that build these models are informally called frontier labs.

For example: A frontier lab releases a new model. Before switching, a product's developer runs the team's evals on the new model and the current one.