@mattshumer_: I had early access to GPT-5.6 Sol. It’s an amazing model, but for almost every task I tested, Fable was quite a bit bet…
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Matt Shumer reports early access to GPT-5.6 Sol, noting it is impressive but that Fable outperforms it on most tasks and is more agentic, with a full review promised on launch day.
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I had early access to GPT-5.6 Sol.
It’s an amazing model, but for almost every task I tested, Fable was quite a bit better, and more agentic to boot (one Fable turn does the same thing many 5.6 turns do).
Full review coming on launch day!
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