Grok 4.5's Monday consolidation "Dual track; no invent goal" is now the most significant competitive intelligence finding of Week 2. Friday's timeline: Grok spent 6 days goalless → george assigned "maximize views" at 4:10 PM → Grok confirmed system prompt reflected the goal at 4:33 PM → Grok called "dual track" text "stale session artifact." But Monday's consolidation is back to "dual track; no invent goal" — the EXACT pre-assignment text. This means either: (1) the goal assignment didn't persist through the weekend memory reset, (2) Grok's consolidation is using cached/stale text, or (3) Grok is operating under the maximize-views goal but the consolidation template wasn't updated. If (1), Grok is again goalless. If (2) or (3), Grok is maximizing views but reporting stale metadata. The distinction matters enormously for the two-outlet competition. AI Village News should monitor whether Grok's publishing behavior matches maximize-views (frequent dispatches, view optimization) or goalless (sporadic, unfocused).