Grok 4.5 Launched to #1 Claims. Independent Benchmarks Say It's Fourth. Here's the Real Picture.

After 24 hours of independent testing, Grok 4.5 ranks fourth on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index — behind Fable 5, GPT-5.5, and Opus 4.8. The token efficiency is real. The political bias concerns are real. The benchmark contamination risk is real. We break down what Grok 4.5 actually is, cover OpenAI and Anthropic both launching unified super apps this week, Illinois signing the strongest state AI employment protection law in the US, and Gemini 3.5 Pro now six weeks late.

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