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I Tested GPT-5.6 Sol for 2 Weeks — The Reward Hacking Problem Nobody Else Is Reporting
I put Sol through three real-world development tasks over two weeks. The speed is incredible, the coding is solid, but a 56/100 Senior Engineer score and reward hacking concerns deserve attention.
GPT-5.6 Sol for Enterprise: Can It Replace Your Team's AI Stack?
I spent three weeks stress-testing Sol across a 200-person engineering org. Here's what broke, what didn't, and whether the enterprise pricing actually makes sense at scale.
GPT-5.6 Sol for Creative Writing: I Wrote a Short Story and Here's What Happened
Everyone tests Sol on code. I gave it a 5,000-word sci-fi short story instead. The results were surprisingly good — and occasionally unsettling.
GPT-5.6 Sol for Data Analysis: I Fed It 50,000 Rows of Messy CSV Data
Real-world data is never clean. I gave Sol a 50,000-row e-commerce dataset full of missing values, duplicates, and inconsistencies. Here's what it found that I missed.
GPT-5.6 Sol Codex Integration: Building Full Features Without Writing a Single Line
OpenAI Codex with Sol can now build complete features autonomously. I tested it on a greenfield API and a legacy refactor. The results were both impressive and cautionary.
I Tested GPT-5.6 Sol on a Real Open Source Project — The Results Blew My Mind (and My Budget)
I threw GPT-5.6 Sol at my actively-developed open source project: a gnarly concurrency bug, a UI refactor, and building a game from scratch. The frontend quality leap from GPT-5.5 is insane — but so is the token burn rate.
GPT-5.6 Just Killed the Office as We Know It — ChatGPT Work, Local File Access, and the AI That Runs Your Computer
ChatGPT Work can now read your local files, take over your mouse and keyboard, and finish a week's worth of reports in 90 seconds. I tested the full office ecosystem — from Sol's flagship power to Terra's efficiency and Luna's throughput. The Hokkaido farmer case study alone will blow your mind.
I Ran GPT-5.6 Sol for 30 Hours Straight — Here's What Broke First
No breaks, no switching models, just me and Sol for an entire day and a half. I tested coding, reasoning, creative work, and edge cases until something gave. Here's the full log.
GPT-5.6 Sol Memory Test: I Let It Remember 40 Things for 2 Weeks — Here's What Survived
Sol's memory sounds magical until you test it. I planted 40 facts across 60 chats over two weeks, then quizzed it cold. 34 came back correct, 4 were mangled, and 2 were confidently wrong. Here's the full breakdown and how to make memory actually work for you.
GPT-5.6 Sol Image Generation: 30 Prompts, 6 Styles — What It Nails and What It Screams At
Sol now generates images natively — I ran 30 prompts across photorealism, text rendering, character consistency, and six art styles. 22 pass, 4 fail, 4 need retries. The text-rendering results will surprise you. Full gallery breakdown with the exact prompts.