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GPT-5.6 Sol is the standout model of the GPT-5.6 family. It is the first model to win an ARC-AGI-3 public game. The model is able to read an unfamiliar scene correctly and in the game's own vocabulary. It won the game on ARC-AGI because it correctly oriented itself in a new environment first.

A recent report from Cursor shows large disparities in coding productivity among its users, with top 1% power users generating up to 40,000 lines of code per week, compared to the median user's 700 lines. The study also shows that input tokens make up about 90% of AI token usage during coding, suggesting that developers spend more time reading and understanding existing code than writing new code.

As AI makes intelligence abundant, the ability to embrace mental effort will become increasingly valuable. People and institutions must use AI to strengthen independent thought while cultivating the curiosity, discipline, and ambition needed to pursue difficult work.