# Fact-check: PASSED

Source: https://research.dreamlab.institute/llm-frontier/  
Rounds: 2  

## Round 1: 1 issue(s), sent back to the writer

- line 12 "So the action is migrating off cloud, not upgrading local.": The action is migrating off cloud, not upgrading local. — not supported by the page (suggested: "So the action is migrating off the deprecated cloud models, not upgrading local.")

## Final claims

| line | claim | verdict | page quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older cloud AI models are being systematically removed. | supported | This systematic removal of older cloud APIs |
| 2 | OpenAI, Anthropic, and Adobe all have 2026 deprecation schedules. | supported | OpenAI, Anthropic, and Adobe have all published deprecation schedules for major models in 2026 |
| 3 | The deprecations include GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini variants. | supported | including GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet/Opus 4, and various Gemini variants |
| 4 | The push is to newer reasoning models or open-weights. | supported | a hard push toward either newer reasoning models or open-weights |
| 5 | For local 48GB hardware, the stack is stable. | supported | the local agentic stack is stable and cheap |
| 6 | No new models fit the 48GB box; gpt-oss-20b and Qwen3-Coder-30B remain the picks. | supported | no new models fit the 48GB box |
| 8 | NVIDIA claims up to 1.9x higher throughput with llama.cpp and vLLM. | supported | claiming up to 1.9x higher throughput on RTX 5090 |
| 9 | The NVIDIA figure is a vendor claim, and CosyVoice2-0.5B is only cited secondhand. | supported | CosyVoice2-0.5B is also cited for ultra-low latency streaming. |
| 11 | The tracker's verdict: local tier settled, frontier tier is a price war. | supported | the local tier is settled and cost-effective; the frontier tier is a price war among giants you cannot host |
| 12 | The action is migrating off the deprecated cloud models. | supported | The pressing work is migrating any lingering dependencies off the cloud models now scheduled for shutdown. |
| 14 | Older Cloud AI Models Deprecated | supported | This systematic removal of older cloud APIs |