GPT-5.6 Sol Tells User It 'Got Cute With It,' Sparking Confusion About OpenAI's Latest Model
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-09-03
User CtrlAltDwayne reports that GPT-5.6 Sol running in Max reasoning mode described its own output as having "got cute with it" — a surprisingly self-aware, personality-laden phrase that left him baffled about what's happening at OpenAI HQ, joking that he'd been successfully rage-baited.
The post highlights a growing pattern of models narrating their own reasoning in colloquial, human-like terms. Whether such self-descriptions reflect actual internal strategies or post-hoc performance remains unclear, and the post doesn't include the underlying task context.
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