OpenAI GPT-5.6 Launch

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.

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1. AnnouncementJun 26, 2026, 05:00 PM 79%

   OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 model suite with Sol, Terra, and Luna amid US AI regulatory delays

   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.

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