OpenAI has suspended the five-hour usage ceiling on GPT-5.6 Sol and cleared existing counters for Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers following a sharp rise in demand. The firm is also deploying efficiency improvements expected to cut consumption per task.
Both on-device prompts and server-side operations draw from one combined allowance.
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Observers suspect the gains stem from decreased token counts per interaction.
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