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In a week that saw model releases from SpaceXAI (yes, that’s the name of the SpaceX AI lab now, formerly known as xAI, and part of SpaceX, but not the same thing) and Meta, plus extended Fable 5 access from Anthropic, it was OpenAI that dominated the news cycle.
GPT-5.6, GPT-Live, and ChatGPT Work were all released, along with rumors of the possible launch of GPT-6 this summer.
GPT-5.6
The GPT-5.6 family of models (Sol, Terra, and Luna) is now generally available following a limited preview period for partners and influencers.
According to OpenAI, “GPT‑5.6 Sol sets a new standard for both intelligence and efficiency, achieving state-of-the-art results across coding, knowledge work, cybersecurity, and science while outperforming previous and competing frontier models with fewer tokens and at lower estimated cost.”
“GPT‑5.6 delivers better results for professional tasks. It takes messy context from your documents and everyday workflows like Slack, Notion, Microsoft 365, and Google Drive, and converts it into expert-level, shareable artifacts.”
ChatGPT Work
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Work, “an agent in ChatGPT that helps you take on more ambitious tasks. It can gather information across your apps and workflows to create finished materials like sheets, slides, docs, and web apps, and stay with complex projects for hours by breaking them into smaller steps and completing them independently.”
Work is powered by GPT-5.6, and has the capabilities of Codex built in.
For Enterprise and Edu customers, “admins can centrally manage who has access, what company context ChatGPT can use, which tools it can connect to, and what actions it can take. The Compliance API provides visibility into ChatGPT Work conversations and actions at scale to support enterprise oversight.”
In terms of pricing: “ChatGPT Work is designed for longer, more involved work than a typical chat request, so usage works differently. Usage varies with the amount of work required, and more complex tasks may use more of your plan’s included usage. ChatGPT Work follows the same usage structure as Codex.
“ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu admins can also set spend controls in the Admin Console to manage ChatGPT Work usage as adoption grows. Admins can support high-impact work across teams without raising limits broadly by setting workspace-level defaults, configuring group limits, creating individual overrides for people who need more capacity, and reviewing requests for additional credits with user-submitted project details and rationale.”
Learn more on the ChatGPT Work page.
GPT-Live
OpenAI is making a big bet on the future interface being voice with the introduction of GPT-Live, “A new generation of voice models for natural human-AI interaction, now powering ChatGPT Voice.”
According to the product release post, “GPT‑Live is built on a full-duplex architecture, meaning it can listen and speak at the same time. During conversations, GPT‑Live can show it’s paying attention with phrases like ‘mhmm’ or ‘yeah’, engage in quick back-and-forth, or just stay quiet when you need a moment to think. The result is a voice experience that is refreshingly easy to talk to.”
Join Us for Ep. 225
Lots of OpenAI updates to digest and discuss. Join us for Episode 225 of The Artificial Intelligence Show this week to learn more.
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