OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama
Evolving story · 8 updatesOpenAI GPT-5.6 LaunchTimeline →OpenAI released GPT-5.6, a new model suite (Sol, Terra, Luna) with improved coding, cybersecurity, and biology skills, priced at $5/$30 per million tokens, shortly after delaying its next model due to US regulatory concerns.
Less than 24 hours after news broke that OpenAI would stagger its next model release at the request of the Trump administration, that model, GPT-5.6, is here. On Friday, the company unveiled the limited preview of its new GPT 5.6 model suite: Sol, the flagship; Terra, a medium-tier model for "high-volume work"; and Luna, a "fast and affordable" everyday model. OpenAI says it's especially skilled at coding, cybersecurity, and biology, as well as staying focused during long-horizon agentic AI tasks.
Per million tokens, GPT-5.6 Sol is priced at $5 input / $30 output (nearly half the cost of Ant
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