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OpenAI · 09 Jul 2026

GPT-5.6

A three-tier family: Sol for frontier work, Terra for balance and Luna for fast, efficient tasks.

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

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What actually changed.

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Compared withprevious GPT release

General · Coding · Multimodal

CapabilityGeneral · Coding · Multimodalchanged
AvailabilityAPI + ChatGPTnew
PricingNo pricing change found in the indexed note.unknown
ContextNo context-window change found in the indexed note.unknown
EvidenceFirst-party sourcenew
ConfidenceInferred

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Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

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Announcement09 Jul 2026
AvailabilityAPI + ChatGPT
PricingNo pricing change found in the indexed note.
ContextNo context-window change found in the indexed note.
ConfidenceInferred
Last checked09 Jul 2026
Needs review

Pricing, Context are not clearly specified in the indexed source note.

Why it matters

Brings stronger multi-agent work and programmatic tool coordination across ChatGPT, Codex and the API.

Capabilities
GeneralCodingMultimodal
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