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OpenAI Introduces 'Ultrafast' Mode, Because Waiting 0.5 Seconds Was Clearly Unbearable
OpenAI's new Ultrafast mode makes GPT-5.6 Sol think 14x faster, because apparently our patience was the only thing slowing down AI.
2026-08-14
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