No Fable 5.5 this week, no Grok 5 this year: the 'Stoptober' waiting meme
patience_cave · x · 2026-10-05
A tongue-in-cheek thread denying a string of rumored model launches: no Fable 5.5 this week, no Gemini 4 Argon this month, no Grok 5 this year — and "GPT-6.1 Astra" doesn't exist at all. The author dubs October "Stoptober", the month of waiting, poking fun at how overhyped launch rumors have become.
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