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Public access to OpenAI's GPT-5.6 model is coming on Thursday, and early reviewers are already praising its speed, creativity, math skills and ability to complete complex tasks.

The big picture: GPT-5.6's public rollout will intensify competition among the leading AI developers, just days after Anthropic (re-)launched the widely praised Fable 5.