OpenAI rolls out unlimited text chats to free users and introduces GPT-5.6 Luna and Sol models with adjustable reasoning sliders, while reducing factual errors by 62–68% versus GPT-5.5-Instant.
OpenAI reveals that two API settings—preserved chain-of-thought and output compaction—nearly tripled benchmark performance, exposing how harness design shapes model evaluation.
The startup founded by former OpenAI executives releases its flagship multimodal model, challenging the dominance of closed-source systems.
Inkling combines native image, audio, and text processing with a 1M-token context window and sparse MoE architecture for efficient multimodal reasoning.
OpenAI introduces GeneBench-Pro, a 129-problem benchmark measuring whether AI models can make higher-order scientific judgments in genomics and translational medicine.
Researchers use a classic mystery game to test how well AI agents reason through multi-step deduction and suspect elimination.
Research shows LLMs incorporate contradictory statements into reasoning, even when explicitly told the claims are false.
Claude Opus 4.8 flags uncertain reasoning 4x more often than its predecessor and introduces user-controlled effort levels and dynamic workflow agents.