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How enabling two settings tripled our scores on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark
OpenAI · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- OpenAI reported that two API settings tripled GPT-5.6 scores on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark by retaining reasoning and enabling compaction.
- Why it matters
- Matters for engineers evaluating GPT-5.6 on abstract reasoning tasks and considering configuration tuning for improved performance.
- Watch out
- The report provides minimal detail on which settings, how they work, or whether improvements generalize beyond this specific benchmark.
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