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GPT-5.6 reaches general availability as a three-model family

OpenAI released Sol, Terra, and Luna with different capability, latency, and cost positions for production selection.

Occurred 2026-07-09Published 2026-07-09Verified 2026-07-17current
Why it matters

Model selection is becoming a workload-routing decision across capability tiers, not a single default-model choice.