Update root README — checkpoint-9000 logged

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 **Epoch:** 0.262
 **Zone:** 📈 Good
 **Status:** Training ongoing — auto-uploaded via train_v12.py
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+### 🔵 Checkpoint — Step 9,000
+**Date:** June 25, 2026 at 15:47 IST
+**Checkpoint:** checkpoint-9000
+**Step:** 9,000 / 40,000 (22.5% complete)
+**Loss:** 0.3143
+**Epoch:** 0.263
+**Zone:** 📈 Good
+**Status:** Training ongoing — auto-uploaded via train_v12.py