Musk: China’s AI may reach the Fable level as early as Q1 next year

TechFlow News, June 18: Elon Musk responded to community inquiries about when China will reach “Fable”-level AI, stating, “Possibly Q1.”

Previously, X user Teortaxes noted that GLM 5.2 currently lags behind frontier models by approximately seven months and overall sits roughly at the Opus 4.7–4.8 level; Mythos has already entered Preview status as of early February 2026, and the full PRC Mythos (“Fable”) is expected to launch between November and December 2026.