{"id":100802,"date":"2026-07-09T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/100802\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:36:11","slug":"openai-releases-gpt-5-6-sol-its-most-powerful-ai-model-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/100802\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol, Its Most Powerful AI Model Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">OpenAI has publicly released its flagship artificial intelligence technology, GPT-5.6 Sol, its most powerful model yet, alongside a new tool to assist with everyday office work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">The new release, on Thursday, escalates the battle for A.I. dominance with the rival start-up Anthropic as the technology grows increasingly sophisticated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Along with its new model, OpenAI unveiled a new tool, ChatGPT Work, which is powered by Sol. Much like Anthropic\u2019s Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Work is an \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/19\/technology\/ai-agents-uses.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.I. agent<\/a>\u201d that can operate software apps and websites on behalf of users, including spreadsheets, online calendars and email services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">When running standard benchmark tests, OpenAI\u2019s new flagship model roughly matches the performance of Anthropic\u2019s leading model, Fable 5, according to Vals AI, a company that tracks the performance of the latest A.I. technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">\u201cIn real-world situations involving financial and legal tasks, it is state of the art,\u201d said Rayan Krishnan, the chief executive of Vals AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">The release of the more powerful model followed U.S. government efforts to restrict both OpenAI\u2019s and Anthropic\u2019s new A.I. models over cybersecurity concerns. While President Trump had long taken a hands-off approach in regulating the A.I. industry, he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/02\/technology\/trump-executive-order-ai.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed an executive order<\/a> last month that asked tech companies to voluntarily give the government oversight of new A.I. models before releasing them to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Last week, OpenAI said it would share its new technology with only a small group of companies approved by the Trump administration. But after lengthy discussions, the administration allowed both OpenAI and Anthropic to release their new technologies publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Although the administration initially treated the technologies as threats to national security, many independent security experts said the dangers were overstated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">OpenAI is taking a more open approach to cybersecurity than Anthropic, which has tightly restricted the use of Fable to prevent hackers from using its technology. OpenAI\u2019s new model includes fewer guardrails, so that individuals and businesses can use the technology to defend themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Anthropic released a new A.I. system called Claude Mythos in April, but said it couldn\u2019t share the technology with the public. Some executives and government officials worried that the technology would usher in a new era of cybersecurity threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">It released Fable 5, a more limited version of Mythos, last month. Days later, the Trump administration ordered Anthropic to suspend access for all foreign nationals, citing national security \u200bconcerns. To comply with the order, Anthropic took the technology offline entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">The company has added guardrails to Fable designed to block responses related to cybersecurity, biology and other vulnerable areas. When Fable blocks responses, it sends them to a less powerful technology, Claude Opus 4.8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Technologies like Fable and Sol are particularly good at identifying vulnerabilities in the software that underpins the internet. This means that malicious hackers can use the technology to attack computer networks. But it also means that businesses and governments can use it to defend against these attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Fable\u2019s guardrails may prevent hackers from using the technology for offensive purposes. But the same guardrails may also bar businesses and governments from using the system for defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Like Anthropic\u2019s Fable, OpenAI\u2019s GPT-5.6 Sol is expensive compared with less powerful models. Fable is roughly twice as expensive as Anthropic\u2019s next most powerful model, and OpenAI\u2019s model is more expensive than Fable in some cases, Mr. Krishnan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">On Thursday, Meta also released a new A.I. technology. It was not as powerful as GPT-5.6 Sol or Fable, and is also considerably less expensive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">(The New York Times has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/27\/business\/media\/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sued<\/a> OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement of news content related to A.I. systems. 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