Gemini 4 Argon and Muse Wonder both claim to beat Opus, but dodge comparing to each other
altryne · x · 2026-10-14
altryne flagged a telling pattern: the rumored Gemini 4 Argon and Muse Wonder models both benchmark themselves against Anthropic's Astra/Fable/Opus and claim wins, yet neither mentions the other. He jokingly asked Grok to compare their evals, highlighting how new models pick flattering baselines while avoiding direct rivals.
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