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3 September 2026 · Society
The Pentagon opens its AI portal to three million people, and one absence stands out
The US Department of Defense has opened a portal bringing together several AI assistants for three million personnel. We analyse this deployment and the absence of a major provider.
18 August 2026 · Models
Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model, with a pricing catch in the long context.
xAI has launched Grok 4.6, which matches GPT-5.6 Sol Max on the Artificial Analysis index at the same price as the previous version. We explain the tiered context pricing mechanism, which catches many users out.
11 July 2026 · Models
Grok 4.5 is said to be "close to Opus". The catch is that no one can verify it.
On 28 June 2026, Elon Musk announced that Grok 4.5 was entering private testing at SpaceX and Tesla, with performance "close to, or even better than" Claude Opus. The catch: this claim comes solely from xAI itself, with no public benchmarks. We untangle what is verifiable from what is not.

The Pentagon opens its AI portal to three million people, and one absence stands out

Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model, with a pricing catch in the long context.

Grok 4.5 is said to be "close to Opus". The catch is that no one can verify it.

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