Unverified rumor: Fable 5.5 reportedly landing next week as users lean on cheaper models
bendee983 · x · 2026-10-03
An unverified rumor claims OpenAI's Fable 5.5 arrives next week. Meanwhile bendee983 observes top-tier models like Astra and Fable barely matter for his daily work — he mostly uses Opus and GPT-Sol 6.1 (smart, fast, cheap), touches frontier models a few times a week, and finds open-weight models can now handle most tasks at a fraction of the cost.
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