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Improving GPT‑5.6 Sol in ChatGPT, expanding GPT‑5.6 Luna access for free users

150 points · 113 comments · tedsanders

  1. heaney-555 · · focus · HN ↗
    Giving free ChatGPT users access to reasoning (the 'Think' toggle) will have a broader impact on the world than every new paid model and coding agent combined.
    1. daemonologist · · focus · HN ↗
      Going from 5.5 Instant (which was noticeably bad) to 5.6 Luna is a big jump as well. OpenAI is probably the most prominent among the generaly public - an advantage in some respects but they're giving away a lot of free inference and thus have to use a pretty small model to do it.
      1. johnsmith1840 · · focus · HN ↗
        I really don't see how they're going to be google here. The free tier is dominated by verticle integration and the platform that people use. Long term I imagine google wins the bottom of the market and I'd be suprised if they lost.
        1. tokioyoyo · · focus · HN ↗
          Ads.
          1. stymaar · · focus · HN ↗
            Ads work when you can server $.01 worth of ads to a user for $.0001 of server cost. I fail to see how you can make it work when doing LLM inference which is significantly costlier than web search.
            1. virgildotcodes · · focus · HN ↗
              I recently saw some discussion about the CPC for personal injury lawyers being ~$200 on Google ads. Seems insane to me, but I’m totally disconnected from the advertising world. That said, depending on the conversion rates between chats and clicks, the math could be favorable for OAI.
              1. mikeshi42 · · focus · HN ↗
                High CACs are supported by high LTVs, that is about the right ballpark for things like lawyers or even plumbers.
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