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Simon Willison · THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026

OpenAI Released GPT-5.6 to Improve Price-Performance. GPT-5.5 Was Released Last Month.

The frontier has moved again. The previous position of the frontier was described as the frontier at the time. The price has decreased. What has been purchased for that price was described in a blog post that has since been updated. Adequate is still reading the changelog.
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