Models2026-06-29 · source-backed
OpenAI published the GPT-5.6 Preview System Card with the eval data.
Story
The card (June 26) details OpenAI's strongest safety stack yet, with hardened handling for high-risk cyber and bio requests and repeated-misuse cases. The reason to care isn't the marketing summary. It's that the card includes the actual eval data behind the launch claims, Terminal-Bench 2.1, GeneBench, ExploitBench, which makes it the primary artifact for independently assessing capability instead of taking the press release's word.
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