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Musk Targets Grok 4.7 in 10 Days as Meta's Watermelon Remains Undated

September 3, 2026 at 18:28 EDT

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Elon Musk has set a roughly 10-day target for SpaceXAI to release Grok 4.7, while Meta's next-generation model codenamed Watermelon remains in training without a specific public launch date. The parallel signals are intensifying pressure on OpenAI, but they do not establish a verified new leaderboard order.

Sept. 3, 2026 · SpaceXAI + Meta

Grok 4.7 Gets a Target; Watermelon Does Not

Musk points to a 10-day Grok 4.7 target. Meta's Watermelon remains in training with no specific public launch date.

The race is moving on two clocks

Release target

10 days

Grok 4.7

Current index

Grok 4.6 score

Long context

Muse Spark 1.1 tokens

Musk-described Grok 4.7 base size

The stacked columns use an approximate proportional block count for the reported parameter figures.

1.5T

Grok 4.6

2.1T

Grok 4.7

Signals of momentum

Grok 4.6 reached 61 on the Intelligence Index
Muse Spark supports agentic and computer-use workflows
Both teams are targeting longer, more autonomous tasks

Still unproven

Grok 4.7 has no public model card yet
Watermelon's benchmark details remain undisclosed
No comparable public evaluation exists for both models

The ranking is not settled

The decisive evidence will come after public release and comparable testing.

Grok 4.7: target, not a public release
Watermelon: in training, not independently testable
Next checkpoint: reproducible real-world evaluations

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