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5 different models dropped last week & the GPT-5.6 usage limits are brutal
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Elon vs. Sam: The 3 AM Meltdown
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The Apple lawsuit provided the spark for one of the periodic Elon-Sam public feuds, and this chapter tracks it in real time with timestamps. Starting at 3:13 AM, Elon fired off 'Scam Altman strikes again,' followed at 3:37 AM by a quote tweet with 'taking scamming to a whole new level,' then at 5:52 AM with a Sam image captioned 'I love it,' and 5:53 AM with 'he might literally love scamming more than any human alive.' Sam waited until morning and then shot back with a quip about the space data centers and a parole officer joke, before landing his best line: the most reliable benchmark for GPT-5.6 Sol being the world's best model is that Elon is obsessed with me again. Theo is torn — he's gotten along with Elon recently, who even signal-boosted his Grok 4.5 review — but finds the overnight tantrum cringe-worthy. The underlying observation is telling: Elon has been notably nicer to Anthropic lately as he sells them GPUs, making the Sam hate feel more personal than competitive.
Starting at 3:13 AM, Elon Musk posted four increasingly escalating attacks on Sam Altman over the Apple lawsuit. Sam's eventual response: the most reliable signal that GPT-5.6 Sol is the world's best model is that Elon is obsessed with me again.
Elon Musk posted at least four replies and quote tweets attacking Sam Altman over the Apple lawsuit between 3:13 AM and 5:53 AM in a single night.
As few as 10 satellite collisions could impact launch confidence. One hundred could trigger Kessler syndrome — a domino effect that destroys all satellites and permanently closes off space. Theo's worry: Elon's space data centers might be the thing that ironically strands humanity on Earth forever.
