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SpaceXAI ships Grok 4.5, Musk calls it ‘Opus-class’
Jul 8, 2026SOURCE: techcrunch.com
SO WHAT
The window is narrowing as frontier capability keeps consolidating inside a few controlled systems.
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, with Elon Musk calling it an “Opus-class model.” Another step in the inversion: more intelligence compressed into a branded platform, not the broader field.
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