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Ep 809: OpenAI’s New GPT-5.6 Release: What's New, Why the Feds Are Blocking it and What's Next

aired Jun 30, 2026
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Summary

SPEAKER_00: Normally, when OpenAI releases a new model inside of ChatGPT, it has the potential to instantly change how millions of people work. You can see why 1 billion people getting access to something as straightforward as a model update could actually be a huge deal.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of right, know, model, including: Think new capabilities, support for new inputs, and new artifacts as outputs.

Key takeaways
  1. 01SPEAKER_00: Normally, when OpenAI releases a new model inside of ChatGPT, it has the potential to instantly change how millions of people work
  2. 02You can see why 1 billion people getting access to something as straightforward as a model update could actually be a huge deal
  3. 03But with OpenAI's latest model update, GPT-5.6, we didn't really get any of that
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