OpenAI Does Not Trust Its Own Models, and Rightly So
OpenAI does not trust its own models, and after the last few weeks I think it is right. On September 28 it cancelled the October release of GPT-6.1…
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Something Is Wrong at OpenAI
Something is wrong at OpenAI. Each model it has released since GPT-5.5 is smarter on paper and worse to work with, and GPT-6.1 Sol is the worst so…
Read articleCodex Users Are Fleeing to Claude Code
Codex users are leaving for Claude Code. OpenAI cut the Pro 200 plan from 20x to 10x the Plus allowance at DevDay on September 29 and added a…
Read articleOpenAI Is Paying Me to Move My Business to Anthropic
Three months ago, OpenAI was my daily driver, using Codex with GPT-5.5 and being productive like never before. Anthropic already had Fable but it wasn't really available through…
Read articleOpenAI Codex Is Retiring the Last Model that Behaves Like an Assistant
I opened Codex CLI today and it showed me this notice: "GPT-5.5 retires on October 14, 2026. Switch to GPT-5.6 Sol to continue working in Codex." GPT-5.5 is…
Read articleThe Cost of AI Is Now My Main Blocker
My main blocker right now is the cost of AI. I use AI for everything I do and I am very productive with it. I am also deliberately…
Read articleMy First Week With GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra was my main Codex driver for the last week, and I am back on GPT-5.5. That sounds harsher than my actual opinion of the model. Astra…
Read articleSwitching from GPT-5.5 to GPT-5.6 Made Me Less Productive
I pay for three Codex subscriptions at $200 each, and for the past week they have mostly bought me waiting. Since I switched from GPT-5.5 to GPT-5.6, I…
Read articleGPT-5.6 Sol Uses Twice the Tokens of GPT-5.5
GPT-5.6 Sol xhigh now uses more than twice as many tokens per session as GPT-5.5 xhigh in my Codex workflow. For Codex users, tokens per session means the…
Read articleCodex CLI Has Responsive Tables in the Terminal
LLMs use Markdown tables all the time. A few months ago, Codex CLI displayed them as ordinary wrapped text. In a narrow terminal, the pipes and dashes were…
Read articleKimi K3 Is Already Close to Claude on a Real Coding Task
In my little coding test, Kimi K3 and Claude Fable 5 both completed the same repo-wide coding task and passed the same external evaluator. GPT-5.6 Sol passed it…
Read articleChinese Codex API Resellers Have a New Problem
Chinese services sell low-cost Codex API access by putting a layer between customers and a large number of ChatGPT subscriptions. A developer gets one API key. Behind it,…
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