How the recent frontier LLM model releases compare for successfully generating R code, our take on the new Test Set data science podcast, and a surprising entry in the world of languages equipped for data science. 


Episode Links 

• This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @[email protected] (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)
• 2025-12-05 AI Newsletter
• The Test Set: Now on YouTube + a look at what’s next
• Haskell IS a Great Language for Data Science
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W50

Supplement Resources

• Add links discussed in the episode (in place of this sentence)
• How well do LLMs generate R code (Shiny app) https://skaltman-model-eval-app.share.connect.posit.cloud/
• Python is not a great language for data science (Claus Wilke) Part 1 https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/python-is-not-a-great-language-for
• DataHaskell https://www.datahaskell.org/

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