CLAIM-2026-08-09-04

OpenAI stated that previous models, including GPT-5.6-Sol, have been evaluated for frontier cyber capabilities and assessed at the High rather than Critical threshold.

Why it matters

It establishes that this is the first time the company has been unable to exclude Critical, which is what makes the disclosure a change in the public baseline rather than a restatement.

Sources

• openai2026respondin