Quoting OpenAI
OpenAI launches the GPT-5.6 series with tiered pricing and controllable caching, introducing a government-coordinated limited preview that signals a new era of compliance-first, refined AI operations.
Simon Willison · Jun 27, 2026
OpenAI launches the GPT-5.6 series with tiered pricing and controllable caching, introducing a government-coordinated limited preview that signals a new era of compliance-first, refined AI operations.
OpenAI's huge price drop isn't just a price war—they used a smarter model (Sol) to rewrite inference kernels, cutting costs by 20%. This reveals a new trend: AI is becoming the optimizer of its own infrastructure.