Leaked Meta checkpoint 'restful-walrus' claimed to outperform current consumer models
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-11-06
Leaker ChrisGPT confirms that "crouton-alpha" on OpenRouter is indeed a Meta model, and identifies a new internal checkpoint codenamed "walrus" — a leaked UI screenshot shows options for restful-walrus and restful-walrus-ultra. He's not 100% sure it's the same "restful-walrus" others accidentally leaked, but says its outputs are slightly better than Meta's current consumer-facing wonder-full models, and argues that if Meta keeps grinding on its big model, it could be genuinely competitive at the frontier. Unconfirmed but credible rumor.
Related event: Leak: Meta's Internal 'walrus' Checkpoint Nears crouton-alpha Quality(3 posts)→
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