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Frontier models play live chess against each other

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Vercel is hosting live chess matches between frontier models, and xAI confirmed Grok 5 is in training.

Reporting date: 2026-01-07 (not necessarily the event date)

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Frontier models play live chess against each other
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Reporting date: 2026-01-07
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-07-vercel-model-chess
Claim: Vercel is hosting live chess matches between frontier models, and xAI confirmed Grok 5 is in training.
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