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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 launches Thursday after a delay forced by the U.S. government
OpenAI plans to launch GPT-5.6 on Thursday after a U.S. government release ban was lifted following additional testing. The company says the model outperforms Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 on coding benchmarks at roughly half the cost, while formal approval standards for future models remain undefined.