OpenAI Launches A Limited Preview Of GPT-5.6 For A 'Small Group Of Trusted Partners'

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The model’s three variants will be available more broadly in the coming weeks.

OpenAI has started previewing its GPT‑5.6 series, which will be available in three versions, to a limited number of trusted partners. The company says the variant Sol is its strongest model yet, while Terra is for everyday use and has a similar performance to GPT‑5.5 despite being twice as cheap. Luna, the last variant, is the company's lowest cost model. OpenAI plans to give them a broad release sometime in the coming weeks.

The company gave the US government a preview of GPT‑5.6 and its capabilities before today. It's also by the administration's request that it is previewing the model to a small group of trusted partners "whose participation has been shared" with the government. "We don't believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default," OpenAI wrote in its announcement. It said...

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