> ...tips for using the model:
> Avoid generic brevity instructions: GPT-5.6 is more sensitive than GPT-5.5 to instructions such as “Be concise,” “Keep it short,” or “Use minimal text.”
I don't follow. Isn't "the model actually cares and will do what you say" a reason to use those kinds of instructions more liberally?
Click through to the link - it states that the model tends to over correct on brevity instructions by omitting required information
I think they’re saying it’s irrelevant now, possibly because it’s less likely to trail off on meandering thought bubbles.
Does anyone else feel each model is like watching your kids grow up. They we're bubbly and fun and weird, you needed to tell them to sit down and be quiet.
Now if you tell them too much they go mute or stop telling you important information. Oh intelligence!
That would be contrary to a plain reading of the quote