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OpenAI launches three-tier GPT-5.6 family; Meta enters AI coding with Muse Spark 1.1

OpenAI released the GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, Luna) and named it Microsoft Copilot's preferred model; Meta shipped the multimodal Muse Spark 1.1.

Thursday, July 9, 2026 1 min read 6 sources

OpenAI released GPT-5.6, a new three-tier model family spanning the Sol, Terra, and Luna tiers (TechCrunch, Simon Willison). Alongside the public rollout, OpenAI stated that GPT-5.6 is the preferred model for Microsoft Copilot (TechCrunch).

Meta entered the AI coding market with Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal model from Meta Superintelligence Labs (TechCrunch, MarkTechPost).

On the open-weight side, LingBot-World-Infinity shipped as an open causal world model paired with an agentic harness (MarkTechPost).

Sources TechCrunch Simon Willison TechCrunch TechCrunch MarkTechPost MarkTechPost

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