GPT-5.6 went GA on July 9 with three tiers - Sol, Terra and Luna. New naming, agentic plumbing like Programmatic Tool Calling, and a quiet precedent: a government preview before launch.
OpenAI first consumer hardware is Codex Micro, a 230 dollar keypad built with Work Louder for controlling coding agents. Silly gadget - or a serious signal about how we will work with AI?