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ChatGPT still reports as 5.5 when running 5.6

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How the story developed
10 Jul
Other feeds and industry voices
1 May
Standard voice is being rerouted to 5.3 despite being set to 5.5

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>For me, when I select GPT-5.5 Thinking with Auto-switch off; standard voice generates a response labelled GPT-5.3. If I leave voice mode and use

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
10 Jul
Still no gpt 5.6 for me.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I updated the app, waited Yesterday and now it's 3:50PM for me 10th July, central europe time and nothing.</p> <p>I'm on the free plan so maybe

OPINION · WHERE · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
27 Sept
Chat cannot tell what model it is running

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1wrwc72/chat_cannot_tell_what_model_it_is_running/"> <img alt="Chat cannot tell what model it is running"

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
26 Aug
ChatGPT Desktop chat shows 5.6 Sol instead of 5.6 Luna or "Instant"

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1vysmps/chatgpt_desktop_chat_shows_56_sol_instead_of_56/"> <img alt="ChatGPT Desktop chat shows 5.6 Sol instead

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
19 Oct
PSA: ChatGPT intentionally swaps selected model from 5.6 to 6

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1xa60rq/psa_chatgpt_intentionally_swaps_selected_model/"> <img alt="PSA: ChatGPT intentionally swaps selected

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
10 Jul
Anyone else still having 5.6 Sol reporting as 5.5 thinking?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1us8qhn/anyone_else_still_having_56_sol_reporting_as_55/"> <img alt="Anyone else still having 5.6 Sol reporting

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
16 Oct
OpenAI adds parallel agents to GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1x7qhdw/openai_adds_parallel_agents_to_gpt6_pro_in_chatgpt/"> <img alt="OpenAI adds parallel agents to GPT-6 Pro

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
24 Apr
Did ChatGPT Pro reasoning time just get massively reduced?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m on ChatGPT Pro (model 5.5) and I’m noticing something weird: prompts that used to “think” for 20, 30, 40+ minutes now seem to stop after

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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