OpenAI's rumored 'Bel' model spawns confusing 10T-parameter and GPT-6.2 theories

haider1 · x · 2026-10-31

A roundup of unconfirmed rumors around OpenAI's mysterious "Bel" model: initial claims of a finished 10T+ parameter pretrain succeeding "Doug", links to the internal model behind the Navier-Stokes breakthrough, speculation it's the base behind "Astra", and even a new rumor tying it to "GPT-6.2 Betelgeuse".

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