Rumored OpenAI reasoning mode "Aeon" would persist until the task is done

imjustnewatai · x · 2026-09-22

A user speculates OpenAI is building a new reasoning mode called Aeon, described as "persistent" — it keeps going until it completes the task. Commenters note this seems to overlap with what the goal feature already does, guessing OpenAI may have something else up its sleeve. Unconfirmed community speculation.

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