Overview
- OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 to paid ChatGPT accounts on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, with Free and Go users scheduled to gain access starting October 8.
- The core new feature, called Intelligent UI, lets the model decide the best presentation for a reply and combine prose with images, buttons, charts or small interactive tools inside the chat.
- In media demonstrations the model built on-the-fly interactive items such as a movable offside diagram and a shopping list that auto-adjusts quantities when the number of guests changes.
- OpenAI says GPT-6 adds a “respond while thinking” behavior that starts replies sooner and that internal tests show GPT-6 Instant begins responding about 44% earlier than GPT-5.6 Instant for queries that use web search.
- The rollout uses two GPT-6 variants—Sol for paid tiers and Luna for Free/Go—keeps the change confined to the Chat product, draws images from the open web when available, and does not let Intelligent UI outputs be exported as embeddable files.