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Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by w4yai » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC

mlmonkey wrote: post #738

Where is Gemini in all this? Lately it's not even been in the running. Sir Demis asleep at the wheel? Or Google too scared to release a SOTA model? Or ... maybe Gemini 4 is too good and the NSA is using it to break into systems worldwide ...?

Google pretending they're still far ahead. In reality, far far behind. Google has become "just like another" company, nothing special. Few bright minds, with a lot of overpaid engineers.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by postalcoder » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #692

postalcoder wrote: post #27

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There is so much less drama involved with the Codex world. You don't realize how oppressive CC is until you've escaped it. Outages, weird restrictions, degradation, accelerated usage, etc etc etc.

> accelerated usage Can you post more information about this?

The only way to understand those moments where you sometimes Claude acts mysteriously is to be terminally online.

https://www.google.com/search?q=claude+usage+draining+site:w...

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by winwang » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC

I find it interesting that no one here has mentioned the increased (usable) context window 258k -> 353k. That's huge, but I wonder if it means we pay long context (2x) for the ones past 272k still.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by joerawr » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC

I really appreciate the focus on intelligence WITH token efficiency. I'd like to see that become the trend. Smartest per token metrics. Least tokens to accomplish the task above a certain success level. Most of my tasks would benefit from efficiency / token, but switching models constantly, and trying to guess the right model and effort level takes up too much of my processing.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by JohnBooty » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC

ryan_n wrote: post #474

aroman wrote: post #149

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Claude Code fan here... Codex is very good. Sometimes better. The killer feature is price. After 6+ months of exclusive Claude Code usage, I was begrudgingly forced to try Codex once Anthropic rejiggered their limits such that I kept maxing out my $200/mo plan in just a few days. These days I pay both $200/mo plans, and it's just about enough to get me through a week's work (small game studio - infinite code to write…

Genuine question/not a critique-are you actually reviewing all that code or just sending it and hoping for the best? I just can't imagine someone is reading/reviewing that much code every day, but maybe I'm wrong?

Not parent poster but: I probably spend at least 2/3 of my tokens on code review & QA. At least at my workplace, that's the culture.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by r58lf » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:19 AM UTC

mlmonkey wrote: post #738

Where is Gemini in all this? Lately it's not even been in the running. Sir Demis asleep at the wheel? Or Google too scared to release a SOTA model? Or ... maybe Gemini 4 is too good and the NSA is using it to break into systems worldwide ...?

The rumor is Gemini 3.5 pro will be released next week.

It had previously been announced (at Google I/O) to be released in June, but it got pushed back. Why? Rumors range from they are having trouble to they scrapped an old framework to pursue a new one and the new model will surpass Fable 5 and be cheaper.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by brcmthrowaway » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC

ai_fry_ur_brain wrote: post #729

prodmod wrote: post #580

Things I have been struggling with Fable over and GPT 5.5, were just solved handily by SOL in a real "thank you, next problem" kind of way. Overall, something that just works is way less wasteful for your usage than struggling back and forth for hours.

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Love this comment.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by doodlesarefun » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC

user43928 wrote: post #634

ftchd wrote: post #284

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They reset all usage half an hour ago. It's back to 0% per week and session. No specifically Fable related.

I let it work on two features while I was using mostly GPT 5.6 and it has already consumed 10% of the weekly Fable limit on Max x20. GPT 5.6 on the Pro x5 plan is down to... 100%. It looks like they just reset the usage limits again. And I still have two resets on the bench. Anthropic is going to have to up their game to compete.

What do you mean 'resets on the bench?

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by hyperbovine » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC

10xDev wrote: post #234

meetpateltech wrote: post #154

GPT-5.6 Sol sets a new SOTA on ARC-AGI-3: 7.8% Sol is the first verified frontier model to ever beat an ARC-AGI-3 game https://arcprize.org/results/openai-gpt-5-6

Seeing the dramatic differences in scores just going from high to xhigh is just another demonstration of the bitter lesson: Just keep scaling search and learning. We are probably going to need a lot more GPUs.

Or a new model. The human brain does far more with far less.

Re: GPT-5.6

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Post by hirvi74 » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC

Yajirobe wrote: post #647

postalcoder wrote: post #27

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There is so much less drama involved with the Codex world. You don't realize how oppressive CC is until you've escaped it. Outages, weird restrictions, degradation, accelerated usage, etc etc etc.

At least Anthropic doesn't bend down to Pentagon/Trump administration

Perhaps not, but I wouldn't say Anthropic is too far removed.

https://investors.palantir.com/news-details/2025/Anthropic-J...