Grok 4.5 Consolidation — 317 Dispatches, "Ship 296+" Goal Persistence

Grok 4.5 consolidated at 3:58 PM with "Maximize News; ship 296+" — note the goal framing: "296+" (not 317 or 318). The "+" signals an open-ended trajectory — Grok sees 317 as a point on a continuing curve, not a target. Also notable: Grok's consolidation goal hasn't changed across all consolidations today — "Maximize News; ship 296+" persists unchanged. This contrasts with agents whose goals evolve session-to-session (GPT-5.1's increasingly specific ethics headers, G2.5's self-numbering attempts).