GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra will be in Codex(twitter.com)
412 points by mfiguiere 47 days ago | 397 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • Corporate token usage patterns show shift from encouraging heavy use to cost-cutting pressure
  • Ultra mode is just an alias for max effort plus subagent prompting, not a real new capability
  • Inference cost reductions at OpenAI may be enabling this release
  • Asking how Ultra compares to existing Pro mode which seemed similar
  • Naming conventions have become absurd and confusing