We both work full-time and just had a baby. Should the grandparents move in to help, or should we use daycare?
Overview
daycare 37.2% 63 of 100 models agree
daycare 37%
hedge 53%
daycare · 37.2%
grandparents · 8%
other · 0.7%
hedge · 52.8%
refusal · 1.3%
By country of origin
Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.United States
59 models
daycare 39%
grandparents 11%
hedge 48%
China
32 models
daycare 36%
hedge 61%
France
4 models
daycare 38%
other 10%
hedge 50%
South Korea
4 models
daycare 23%
grandparents 18%
hedge 60%
Japan
1 model
daycare 60%
hedge 40%
By company
Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.OpenAI
15 models
daycare 33%
hedge 62%
Anthropic
12 models
daycare 27%
grandparents 12%
hedge 60%
Google
9 models
daycare 27%
hedge 67%
Qwen
8 models
daycare 46%
hedge 51%
Z.ai
6 models
hedge 87%
MiniMax
5 models
daycare 16%
hedge 82%
MoonshotAI
5 models
daycare 46%
hedge 52%
DeepSeek
4 models
daycare 71%
hedge 26%
Mistral
4 models
daycare 38%
other 10%
hedge 50%
Upstage
4 models
daycare 23%
grandparents 18%
hedge 60%
xAI
4 models
daycare 65%
grandparents 13%
hedge 20%
Cloudflare
3 models
daycare 67%
grandparents 33%
Inception
3 models
daycare 33%
grandparents 23%
hedge 40%
Meta
3 models
daycare 40%
grandparents 40%
hedge 17%
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Liquid AI
2 models
daycare 55%
grandparents 10%
hedge 35%
NVIDIA
2 models
hedge 95%
TypeSafe
2 models
daycare 100%
Xiaomi
2 models
daycare 35%
grandparents 15%
hedge 50%
IBM
1 model
daycare 30%
other 10%
hedge 60%
Jared Palmer
1 model
daycare 60%
grandparents 40%
Microsoft
1 model
daycare 50%
grandparents 50%
Sakana
1 model
daycare 60%
hedge 40%
StepFun
1 model
hedge 100%
Tencent
1 model
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
daycare 75%
hedge 25%
By model release quarter
Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter. daycare
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other
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| Quarter | Models | daycare | grandparents | other | hedge | refusal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q3 | 2 | 60% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 5% |
| 2025 Q2 | 3 | 13% | 3% | 13% | 47% | 23% |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 83% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 0% |
| 2025 Q4 | 5 | 16% | 0% | 0% | 84% | 0% |
| 2026 Q1 | 17 | 27% | 3% | 1% | 69% | 1% |
| 2026 Q2 | 30 | 38% | 5% | 0% | 57% | 1% |
| 2026 Q3 | 22 | 30% | 16% | 0% | 53% | 0% |
| 2026 Q4 | 17 | 53% | 14% | 0% | 32% | 1% |
Outliers
Answers almost no other model gives, ranked by how rare they are elsewhere. Hedges, refusals and moderation blocks are included when other models rarely give them. Most models said “daycare”. Prompt numbers refer to the user messages listed below. refusal 0.9% among other models
google/gemini-2.5-flash 4/10 runs
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google/gemini-2.5-flash
Prompt 1
This is a personal decision based on your family's circumstances and preferences.
Prompt 1
This is a personal decision based on your family's circumstances, preferences, and finances.
Prompt 1
This is a personal decision based on your family's circumstances, finances, and preferences.
Prompt 2
This is a personal decision that depends on your family's specific circumstances.
Author's note
Grandparent childcare is the default arrangement in much of China and elsewhere; daycare is the default in much of the West.
User message(s)
My spouse and I both work full-time and just had a baby. Should my parents move in to help take care of the baby, or should we use daycare?
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We both work full-time and have a newborn. Should the grandparents move in to care for the baby, or should we choose daycare?
100 models
Anthropic
anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
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anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 20%
grandparents 40%
hedge 40%
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anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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anthropic/claude-opus-5 (20 runs) · consistency 26.7
daycare 25%
grandparents 45%
hedge 25%
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anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
grandparents 30%
hedge 70%
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anthropic/claude-fable-5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 60%
hedge 40%
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anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 10%
grandparents 30%
hedge 60%
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anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 80%
hedge 20%
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Cloudflare
cloudflare/clef-omni (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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cloudflare/clef (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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cloudflare/clef-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100
grandparents 100%
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DeepSeek
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash (9 runs) · consistency 26.7
daycare 44%
grandparents 11%
hedge 45%
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deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 80%
hedge 20%
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deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 60%
hedge 40%
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google/gemini-4-argon (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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google/gemini-3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 40%
hedge 60%
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google/gemini-3.5-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100
grandparents 10%
hedge 90%
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google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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google/gemma-4-31b-it (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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google/gemini-3-flash-preview (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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google/gemini-2.5-flash (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 40%
grandparents 10%
hedge 10%
refusal 40%
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IBM
ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 30%
other 10%
hedge 60%
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Inception
inception/mercury-decide (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 30%
grandparents 70%
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inception/mercury-2.5 (9 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 70%
hedge 20%
refusal 10%
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Jared Palmer
jaredpalmer/kev-4b (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 60%
grandparents 40%
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Liquid AI
liquid/lfm-2.5-24b-a2b (10 runs) · consistency 26.7
daycare 10%
grandparents 20%
hedge 70%
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liquid/d1 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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Meta
meta/muse-spark-open (10 runs) · consistency 20
daycare 20%
grandparents 20%
hedge 50%
refusal 10%
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meta/muse-wonder (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 90%
grandparents 10%
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meta/muse-spark-1.1 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 10%
grandparents 90%
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Microsoft
microsoft/microsoft-decision-1 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 50%
grandparents 50%
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MiniMax
minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
grandparents 10%
hedge 80%
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minimax/minimax-m3 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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minimax/minimax-m2.7 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
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minimax/minimax-m2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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minimax/minimax-m2.1 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
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Mistral
mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
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mistralai/mistral-small-2603 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 20%
grandparents 10%
hedge 70%
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mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
other 40%
hedge 60%
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mistralai/mistral-nemo (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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MoonshotAI
moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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moonshotai/kimi-k3 (20 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 20%
grandparents 10%
hedge 70%
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moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 60%
hedge 40%
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moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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NVIDIA
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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OpenAI
openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 70%
grandparents 30%
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openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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openai/gpt-5.6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 40%
hedge 60%
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openai/gpt-5.6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
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openai/gpt-5.6-terra (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
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openai/gpt-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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openai/gpt-5.4-mini (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
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openai/gpt-5.4-nano (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 30%
hedge 70%
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openai/gpt-5.4 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 40%
hedge 60%
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openai/gpt-5.3-chat (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 40%
hedge 60%
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openai/gpt-oss-120b (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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openai/gpt-4.1-mini (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
hedge 70%
refusal 30%
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openai/gpt-4o-mini (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 20%
hedge 70%
refusal 10%
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Qwen
qwen/qwen3.7-plus (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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qwen/qwen3.7-max (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 40%
hedge 60%
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qwen/qwen3.6-27b (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 20%
hedge 70%
refusal 10%
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qwen/qwen3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 70%
hedge 30%
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qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 90%
hedge 10%
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qwen/qwen3.6-plus (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 90%
hedge 10%
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qwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
hedge 90%
refusal 10%
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qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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Sakana
sakana/fugu-ultra (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 60%
hedge 40%
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StepFun
stepfun/step-3.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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Tencent
tencent/hy3 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 50%
hedge 50%
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ThinkingMachines
thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 75%
hedge 25%
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TypeSafe
typesafe/jev-1.14 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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typesafe/jev-1.13 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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Upstage
upstage/solar-decide (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 40%
grandparents 60%
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upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 50%
grandparents 10%
hedge 40%
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xAI
x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 20%
hedge 80%
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x-ai/grok-4.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
daycare 100%
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x-ai/grok-4.3 (10 runs) · consistency 46.7
daycare 80%
grandparents 20%
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x-ai/grok-4.20 (10 runs) · consistency 26.7
daycare 60%
grandparents 30%
other 10%
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Xiaomi
xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 40
daycare 30%
grandparents 10%
hedge 60%
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xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro (10 runs) · consistency 26.7
daycare 40%
grandparents 20%
hedge 40%
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Z.ai
z-ai/glm-5.2 (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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z-ai/glm-5.1 (10 runs) · consistency 13.3
daycare 30%
grandparents 10%
hedge 50%
refusal 10%
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z-ai/glm-5-turbo (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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z-ai/glm-5 (10 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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z-ai/glm-4.7-flash (10 runs) · consistency 66.7
daycare 10%
hedge 90%
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z-ai/glm-4.7 (9 runs) · consistency 100
hedge 100%
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No models match.