OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 Sol to general availability on July 9, topping Agents' Last Exam at 53.6 and introducing ultra mode with multi-agent orchestration—alongside a full-duplex GPT-Live voice model.
Meta Superintelligence Labs debuts Muse Spark 1.1 with a closed Meta Model API, a strategic reversal of Meta's open-weights philosophy, plus new Muse Image and Muse Video generation models.
Anthropic moves Fable 5 behind usage-based billing at $10/$50 per million tokens starting July 12, as researchers discover a hidden J-space 'global workspace' inside Claude that mirrors consciousness theory.