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The Artificial Intelligence Show · Tuesday, July 14, 2026

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 Model Family: Three Tiers for Diverse Needs

OpenAI has officially launched its GPT-5.6 model family, featuring three tiers: GPT-5.6 (flagship), GPT-5.6 Terra (mid-tier), and GPT-5.6 Luna (fastest/cheapest). The company claims this new family sets a new state-of-the-art on the artificial analysis coding agent index, outperforming competitors like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 in key metrics.

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So first up, Open AI had some of these big releases this week. So first, we saw the general launch of GPT-5.6, which is the company's most powerful model family yet.
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So all three of these are now available generally across Chat GPT, Codex, the Open AI API.
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The company says Soul, itself sets a new state of the art on the artificial analysis coding agent index.
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Heard on The Artificial Intelligence Show — “#225: GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, Enterprise Agents, AI 2040 & Apple Sues OpenAI, published Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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