OpenAI has officially released its GPT-5.6 model suite, featuring three distinct tiers, following a brief delay coordinated with the Trump administration to address national security and regulatory concerns.
Key Points
- The GPT-5.6 suite includes the flagship Sol model, the medium-tier Terra, and the affordable Luna.
- Sol is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens.
- New Sol features include "max" mode for deep reasoning and "ultra" mode for leveraging sub-agents.
- OpenAI utilized approximately 700,000 A100e GPU hours for automated red-teaming to enhance safety protocols.
- The Trump administration is currently approving individual customers for the limited preview period.