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Thursday, October 15, 2026

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Claude Opus 5.5 leads the independent Intelligence Index. Meta's Muse Wonder jumped straight to second on Oct 12, and OpenAI's GPT-6 family arrived in September. Every thread below is one model, drawn to its score.

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    ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Meta AI. Click any bar to expand specs, strengths and latest updates.

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    AI Briefing · October 15, 2026
    The Frontier Just Reshuffled
    Claude Opus 5.5 leads, Meta's Muse Wonder jumps to #2, and GPT-6 has arrived. Here's where the Big 5 stand today.
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