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GPT-5.6

Did GPT-5.6 ship, slip, or get gated? The June window reportedly slipped; track the new expected date AND the access-restriction story (who gets to use it). Prediction markets are the timing signal.

STATUS · RESOLVED OPENED · 2026-06-26 LAST SEEN · 2026-08-28

2026-07-22 — Resolved

Ben resolved the thread — shipped 07-09, access open; the live remainder (institutionalized gating) moved to the new review-precedent thread.

2026-07-20 — Rollout completed

GPT-5.6 family landed on Amazon Bedrock — Sol/Terra/Luna available through AWS, completing the public rollout that began 07-09. (AWS Blog)

← Backstory

2026-07-09 — Shipped

GPT-5.6 shipped publicly (Sol/Terra/Luna) after a gov-gated limited release from 06-26.

2026-06-26 — Thread opened

June window slipped; access-regime story emerged — the slip was missed by RSS-only collection; this thread existed to sweep the timing signal.

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