Playback speed×Share post0:00/PreviewAudio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Two frontier models just got gated. Grab the prompt that tells you which tool in your stack just got more valuable.Jun 29, 2026∙ PaidWe should probably stop talking about AI model releases like normal software launches.The old rhythm was simple: a lab ships a model, people try it, benchmarks land, everyone argues for two days, and the tool either earns a place in your workflow or it doesn’t.GPT-5.6 broke that rhythm. OpenAI shipped it, but only to a small group of government-approved…Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Nate’s Substack to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.