Reddit thread rounds up rumored models: Gemini 4.0, OpenAI 'Bel', K4 race to ASI
IllCryptographer9461 · reddit · 2026-09-22
A Reddit user rounds up rumors of fast-moving internal models across labs and asks who reaches safe ASI first: an unreleased OpenAI model codenamed 'Bel' allegedly solving frontier math problems, Gemini 4.0 sightings on LMSYS Arena pointing to a major architectural leap at DeepMind, aggressive internal iterations on Anthropic's Opus and 'Fable' lines, and Kimi hinting at K4 scaling beyond K3. The author bets on SSI to get there first, seconded by DeepMind and OpenAI, and notes that labs claiming to 'slow down' appear to be accelerating. Most names and claims are unverified speculation.
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