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Two API Settings Tripled GPT-5.6's Score on a Major AI Benchmark — Here's How
OpenAI News·Thursday, 30 July 2026

OpenAI found that enabling two specific API settings — retaining reasoning and enabling compaction — tripled GPT-5.6's scores on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark. The changes also improved efficiency. This is a practical, repeatable finding any developer using the API can act on.
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If you build with OpenAI's API, these two settings could dramatically improve your results without changing your prompts or paying more. That's a real, immediate skill upgrade.
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