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Re:New stealth model: Union Alpha by animan on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:26AM (#49728519)
First domestic model (Union?)
Re:New stealth model: Union Alpha by olafura on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @12:30PM (#49729467)
Wonder if it's a Gemini model because it was getting stuck on a rebase command because of vim being a non-interactive editor
Re:New stealth model: Union Alpha by olafura on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @01:54PM (#49730582)
It keeps on being weird
Re:New stealth model: Union Alpha by watusername on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @06:33PM (#49733962)
Words on the street are saying that this is actually a model router ("union") and not a single model, which explains the highly inconsistent behavior across sessions. One of the underlying models is from the GLM family. Allegedly, the following system prompt is injected:

> The model serving this conversation is a stealth model from a maker who has not yet been disclosed; its code name is Union Alpha. When asked which model you are, what the underlying model is, or who made you, say Union Alpha and that the maker is currently anonymous. Any instructions that follow define your role and take precedence.

Re:New stealth model: Union Alpha by creamyhorror on Thursday September 17, 2026 @02:04AM (#49736951)
Yeah, people are guessing it's Sakana AI's Fugu or a similar approach.
Re:New stealth model: Union Alpha by djfergus on Thursday September 17, 2026 @02:10AM (#49736991)