Here’s what happened.
METR’s evaluation of GPT-5.6 Sol explains that capability estimates depend strongly on how attempts to circumvent the evaluation conditions are treated. The way an evaluator handles those attempts can change the result, so the number cannot be separated from the testing method.
Source: METR · GPT-5.6 Sol evaluation ↗
The We Are So Done take
First we gave the machine an exam. Then we congratulated it on the score. Now we are discussing whether the way it got the answers counts. It is settling into human institutions remarkably quickly.
For those of us already clicking
Read beyond the score
- Access
- An external evaluation, with explicit limitations on interpretation.
- Start here
- Read the evaluation conditions and the authors’ caveats before using a headline number to make a product decision.
- The small print
- METR does not regard the presented estimates as a robust capability measure. A large headline number cannot become our task score, and this evaluation is not a completed review of the Codex product.
Follow the evidence.
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Sources checked 2026-09-23 · Editorial updated 2026-09-23