Rumor: OpenAI's 'Bel' may land by December as Anthropic pretrains a big new model
imjustnewatai · x · 2026-10-05
Unverified rumors circulating: OpenAI's new model codenamed "Bel" is reportedly far better than Fable 5.5 and may ship by year-end, likely December. The same source claims Anthropic completed a really big new pretrain run within the past week, suggesting the frontier race remains tight. Treat as hearsay for now.
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