GPT-6 can answer while thinking, streaming useful output instead of making you wait

AarushSelvan · x · 2026-10-08

An OpenAI team member explains GPT-6's answer-while-thinking: instead of waiting for reasoning to finish, ChatGPT now interleaves thinking and answering, delivering an immediately useful response that keeps building — like a Deep Research report appearing instantly. The change matters most for complex questions and higher reasoning levels.

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