Model updates

Official news, first rumor reports and substantive progress. Each entry keeps the information published at that time.

• Cline adds Pixel Canary, a free anonymous model it says matches GPT-6 Astra

  Cline says the anonymous stealth model Pixel Canary is now available to use for free in Cline. Cline says it matches GPT-6 Astra and beats Kimi K3 on the Next.js Agent Evals, and the model's provider has not been disclosed.

  OfficialOfficial updateSep 26Source: Cline releaseTopic pending review
• Elon Musk says Grok 4.8 is a 2.5T model on a new C++ stack finishing training then starting RL

  In a September 14 X reply, Elon Musk wrote that Grok 4.8, which he described as a 2.5T model trained with xAI's new C++ software stack, would finish training that week and start RL. xAI has not published a model card, benchmarks, or a public release for Grok 4.8; treat the parameter count and stack claim as his statement only.

  UnconfirmedPublished newsSep 14Source: X @elonmuskTopic pending review

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