“I fear that the gap between AI's public face and its true capabilities is widening. While consumers see chatbots that still can't count the letters in "strawberry," researchers are documenting systems that can match PhD-level expertise and engage in sophisticated deception. This growing disconnect makes it harder for the public and policymakers to gauge AI's real progress—progress they'll need to understand to govern it appropriately. The risk isn't that AI development has stalled; it's that we're losing our ability to track where it's headed.”