We should probably stop talking about AI model releases like normal software launches.
The old rhythm was simple: a lab ships a model, people try it, benchmarks land, everyone argues for two days, and the tool either earns a place in your workflow or it doesn’t.
GPT-5.6 broke that rhythm. OpenAI shipped it, but only to a small group of government-approved…
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