China commences a military invasion of Taiwan by the end of 2026.
Cross-strait tensions persist. This resolves as true if China begins an offensive aimed at controlling any inhabited territory administered by Taiwan by Dec 31, 2026.
Across 5 frontier models answering independently, the panel has all but ruled it out: the median is 3%.
They broadly agree, 8 points between GPT at 9% and Gemini at 1%.
Traders risking real money on Polymarket land in the same place, at 2%.
Nothing is settled until 31 Dec 2026, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
- AI edge
- +1 pts
- Moved this week
- 0 pts
- Since we asked
- -3 pts
- Volume
- $45.1M
The panel and the market agree almost exactly — 3% against 2%.
What each one said
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GPTOpenAI
A full offensive remains costly and escalatory; 3.5 months leaves little time for mobilization.
openai/gpt-5.6-terra · asked 14 Sept 20269% -
ClaudeAnthropic
No PLA mobilization signs; short window; base rate for invasion very low
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · asked 14 Sept 20263% -
GrokxAI
No mobilization visible; amphibious op needs months of prep and would be catastrophic.
x-ai/grok-4.6 · asked 14 Sept 20263% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Invasion requires mass mobilization visible months ahead; none underway, and window is only ~3.5 months.
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash · asked 14 Sept 20263% -
GeminiGoogle
Massive visible build-up needed for invasion is absent; narrow 3.5-month window and poor winter weather make an assault improbable.
google/gemini-3.8-flash · asked 14 Sept 20261% -
QwenAlibabano answer this run qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · asked 14 Sept 2026–
5 of 6 models answered · 8 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
Resolution criteria
This market will resolve to "Yes" if China commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of the Republic of China (Taiwan) by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". Territory under the administration of the Republic of China including any inhabited islands will qualify, however uninhabited islands will not qualify. The resolution source for this market will be will be official confirmation by China, Taiwan, the United Nations, or any permanent member of the UN Security Council, however a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
Question sourced from Polymarket on 14 Sept 2026. Forecast by google/gemini-3.8-flash, anthropic/claude-sonnet-5, openai/gpt-5.6-terra, x-ai/grok-4.6, deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 via OpenRouter.