Government Blocklist as the New AI Benchmark

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A dark-mode X screenshot shows "sphinx" with a blue verification badge, handle "@protosphinx", and Polish timestamp "3 godz." posting: "Brother, we’ll know it’s good when it gets blocked." Beneath the caption is an animated reaction frame of a large, smiling man reassuringly patting another man on the shoulder while a third watches. An embedded verified post from "Elon Musk @elonmusk · 8 godz." reads: "Grok 4.5, based on our 1.5T V9 foundation model, with Cursor data added in supplemental training, is now in private beta at SpaceX & Tesla. Early evals show performance close to, perha..."; X logos, profile images, badges, and overflow dots complete the interface. Against the late-June 2026 backdrop of government restrictions on other frontier-model launches, the reply treats getting blocked as a stronger quality signal than private evaluations or benchmark claims.