tonbi(@tonbistudio):Turns out Detective Hermes was right! I was very skeptical of Hermes' multi-model theory, but it was announced today that Union Alpha was a model routing system called Pareto 26.9 by @TheUnbiasedCo Hermes noticed that it worked like a combination of multiple models I've tested, so with that (and some pretty strong Cloudflare doc evidence), it came to the conclusion that is was routing multiple models Disappointing that the stealth phase ended so quickly (and with so many connectivity issues) and that it ended up being just a model router, not some cool new open weights model, but the mystery is solved!

2026.09.18 05:09

Turns out Detective Hermes was right! I was very skeptical of Hermes' multi-model theory, but it was announced today that Union Alpha was a model routing system called Pareto 26.9 by @TheUnbiasedCo Hermes noticed that it worked like a combination of multiple models I've tested, so with that (and some pretty strong Cloudflare doc evidence), it came to the conclusion that is was routing multiple models Disappointing that the stealth phase ended so quickly (and with so many connectivity issues) and that it ended up being just a model router, not some cool new open weights model, but the mystery is solved!

tonbi@tonbistudio

2026.09.17 04:36

Union Alpha benchmarks near Fable at a lower price, but who is it? Detective Tonbi and Assistant Hermes are on the case! In this video I give it a few tasks, then let Hermes compare its process with the many models I've tested And it came to a conclusion I never expected... Union Alpha isn't one model at all Check out the video to see its shocking guess!