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A cork evidence wall of printed incident reports and permit filings, one report caught mid-pin with a length of red string hanging free, not yet tied to any other pin on the board

The Hardest Unsolved Problems in Evaluating xAI's Claims

Grok's model claims and Colossus's infrastructure claims share one property: almost none of either can be checked from outside. Four documented gaps show where independent verification currently stops.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 23, 2026 · 16 min read

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