Dev Tests GPT-5.6: Highly Capable, but Slightly Less "Smart" than Fable

romainhuet · x · 2026-07-08

Developer @theo shared early hands-on experience with GPT-5.6: calling it a "fantastic" model with extreme capabilities, but slightly inferior to Fable in terms of overall "smartness". This evaluation comes from early access testing, with further details not fully disclosed.

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