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Did GPT 5.6 Sol get secretly upgraded?

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you're reading that right. upgraded, not downgraded. chatgpt, i don't use the api. i'm not talking about the officially announced "more factual" update from 2 weeks ago. idk how long this has been the case but today 5.6 Sol is suddenly getting all the prompts right that it got wrong even a week ago…

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  1. 2026-08-20 11:44 · r/OpenAI
    Did GPT 5.6 Sol get secretly upgraded?
  2. 2026-08-20 11:44 · r/ChatGPT
    Did GPT 5.6 Sol get secretly upgraded?

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