As I write this, it’s hunting a Mankey outside of Viridian City in Pokémon Red. It’s using the new Claude 3.7 Sonnet “hybrid reasoning model” and shows its thinking in a side window.

That Kanto team also includes one of Ash's few underdefeated Pokemon pals, Mankey, who didn't take an L in any of his three battles. From Hoenn onwards, though, things get ugly. Tortetta's stats ...