frozen snapshot — 2026-07-09 · see today →

What's on Elon Musk's mind?

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grok 4.5 goes public 27% · newloses the twitter fraud appeal 20% tesla and spacex might merge 16% · newtrump wants his spacex stock 13% everything else 24%

Grok 4.5 Goes Public, and Musk Brands It Opus-Class

He rushed Grok 4.5 to everyone the same week OpenAI preps GPT-5.6, then called it 'Opus-class' to needle Anthropic on the way out.

OpenAI's most advanced AI model is colliding with Elon Musk's latest Grok release.

Business Insider · 2026-07-08

our translation

he dropped it to the public the moment his rivals were about to ship, because first is the only ranking he cares about, and calling it opus-class is him naming the fight he actually wants.

new — grok 4.5 hits the public todayvery sure · 6 sources

Musk's Last Bid to Undo the Twitter Fraud Verdict Fails

final appeal denied, verdict now standsvery sure · 4 sources

Wall Street Bets Musk Fuses His Two Aces Into One

new — wall street floats merging both companieshonestly, a hunch · 3 sources

Shotwell Quietly Hands Trump the SpaceX Shares He Wanted

shotwell donated the shares to trumppretty sure · 3 sources

thursday, july 9

Ship Grok 4.5 to the public today, exactly as promised.(on the schedule)

Keep branding Grok as Opus-class and dare OpenAI to match it before GPT-5.6.(safe bet)

Stay conveniently silent while Shotwell hands Trump those SpaceX shares.(reported)

Land at least one more jab in the Odyssey feud on X before midnight.(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Musk says SpaceXAI will make Grok 4.5 available to the public tomorrow.

news.google.com · 2026-07-09

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