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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work With New GPT-5.6 System

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work withWith New GPT-5.6 System

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work With New GPT-5.6 System
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The Spin


GPT-5.6 is a massive leap forward in AI execution, turning ChatGPT into a genuine workhorse that can handle multi-step tasks, build finished materials and run complex projects for hours without hand-holding. More than 5 million people already use Codex weekly, and ChatGPT Work now brings that power to everyone across web, mobile and desktop. Bad execution and slow bug fixes are becoming relics of the past.

GPT-5.6 is an incremental upgrade built heavily on GPT-5.5 — not the architectural revolution the hype suggests. Three months of development produced no dramatic shift, and OpenAI's rollout strategy is muddled, as pricing jump dates and subscription timelines nowhere to be found in official documentation. The front-end UI remains a mess, undermining any claim of a transformative product launch.


Metaculus Prediction

There's a 51% chance that OpenAI will reach its profit cap for the first round of investors by 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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