GPT-5.6 Memory System Feels More Natural
Tricky-Operation7368 · reddit · 2026-07-17
The author was initially annoyed by ChatGPT's new memory system, feeling it awkwardly forced old conversation details into responses. However, after using GPT-5.6 Sol Medium in Work, the experience improved significantly: the model stopped deliberately reminding him of old memories and instead naturally wove relevant historical information into its answers.
Testing it with a screenshot of his investment portfolio, the model successfully connected historical buys, partial sells, rebuys, dividend qualifications, and different batches of holdings across multiple conversations to calculate a more realistic full-cycle result:
- Unrealized loss: NT$7,260
- Previous realized profit: +NT$2,692
- Pending dividends: +NT$1,110
- Estimated full-cycle result: approximately −NT$3,458
- Actual break-even sell price after transaction costs: roughly 11.70–11.75, rather than the broker's displayed 12.46
The author believes the truly impressive part isn't "what it remembers," but its ability to chronologically integrate new evidence with old history, distinguish between realized and unrealized gains, and avoid mixing up holdings across multiple ETFs.
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