OpenAI is temporarily relaxing GPT-5.6 Sol usage after demand for the company's most powerful model surged over the past 48 hours.

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 with Sol, Terra, and Luna tiers, integrated Codex into ChatGPT, and hosted a Reddit AMA as weekly users surpassed 5 million.

Following the launch of ChatGPT Work and GPT-5.6 Sol, OpenAI has acknowledged significant issues: excessive compute usage, a confusing transition to the desktop interface for…