GPT-5.6 Excels at Long-Running Tasks
TawohAwa · x · 2026-07-10
The post concludes that GPT-5.6 Sol is no longer just a smarter answering model, but one optimized for long-running execution. Users can assign it a messy task, let it work continuously, and return to find a genuinely usable result.
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