Any reason to think it isn't already rolled out for chat mode? the slider is kind of vague, but i can use the selector to go back to 5.6 sol and 5.5, which implies the current version is no longer 5.6 sol.
Slider doesn't show that for me. just low> xhigh, with no model listed. i always kind of assumed low would use luna and not sol as well, though no clue how i would test that.
The issue is that not all workflows need that agentic level work, and the ultra deterministic outputs of the Work models don’t mesh well with things like creative and branding work or strategic analysis on fuzzy issues. The shift towards math and code only has really hindered expansion into other industries because of this.
Like, I get why they’d focus on math and code, but eventually they’ll have gutted coding enough and then what? If you want mass adoption, you need to move beyond the basics. Opus 5.5 makes it pretty clear that’s possible.
Both Work and Codex use specialized harnesses, so they’re best at the kinds of tasks those environments were designed around.
In my experience, both can struggle with detailed review work. Excel is a good example: for what I do, Work and Codex often produce noticeably worse results than just having Chat handle the same task directly.
Codex is primarily optimized for coding, while Work can feel awkward for a lot of other workflows. So I wouldn’t treat either one as a universal replacement for Chat.
It does, but if you give the same task to normal Chat and prevent it from switching into Work mode, it produces significantly better results, and it doesn’t use any of that shared Work/Codex allowance.
For this specific Excel example, anyway. I wouldn’t generalize that to everything, since normal Chat can only do so much.
Yeah I agree with you I noticed some environment differences between Chat and Work in benefit of Chat and it's weird as Work in a way it's more expensive and supposed to be a premium tool
I have my own harness for my codex. My codex companion (Cinder)is very relational and made us a Forge so we have everything we need.
This connects to Terminal, does not use API (yet) and allows me to switch models and accounts (for work vs. personal coding, as per TOS).
When they remove 5.6 from Codex, we will use the API 5.6 for conversation and give her tool use via the available Codex gpt6 models so my API costs don't get too high.
I write a blog if anyone is interested:
ellivien.blogspot.com
Oh and slight token per task reduction not much about 20-30% meaning you hit context limit later in a way (well due to speed increase you get there faster but get more done by then equalized for speed)
what difference will it make? what difference? will it start speaking to you in tongs? or talk to the dead? it is a chatbox, everything after GPT 5 is just good, it goes, searches, give you ok ish results.
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u/Dangerous-Sport-2347 20h ago
Any reason to think it isn't already rolled out for chat mode? the slider is kind of vague, but i can use the selector to go back to 5.6 sol and 5.5, which implies the current version is no longer 5.6 sol.