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OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol runs up to 14× faster with Ultrafast mode

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast mode in limited preview, running up to 14x faster at 750 tokens per second via Cerebras inference.

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast mode is available in limited preview through the OpenAI API, delivering up to 14x faster processing and up to 750 output tokens per second, powered by Cerebras under the companies' ultra-low-latency inference partnership. Preview customers are testing it in production for coding, commerce, financial research, and support applications. OpenAI is also using Ultrafast internally for incident response tasks such as log analysis and trace review, and for research workflows with multiple same-day experiment iterations.

Help Net Security · Aug 14, 2026AI industry

Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed

OpenAI previews Ultrafast, an API service tier running GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14x faster via Cerebras at up to 750 output tokens per second.

OpenAI announced a preview of Ultrafast, a new API service tier that runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14 times the speed of standard inference. The tier is powered by Cerebras hardware and delivers up to 750 output tokens per second. The offering targets latency-sensitive developer workloads on OpenAI's API platform.

OpenAI News · Aug 13, 2026AI tools & infra

Week in review: Salesforce and ServiceNow portals exposed for 17 months, exploited Metabase 0-day

Weekly digest: exploited Metabase zero-day breached Framework; Salesforce/ServiceNow portals read for 17 months; Microsoft patched 400+ flaws.

Help Net Security's week in review aggregates top stories: a 'City-Forum' campaign tracked by Reco has been pulling records from Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for 17 months, and Framework suffered a breach via an exploited Metabase zero-day exposing customer contact and IP data. It also covers Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixing 400+ flaws including exploited zero-day CVE-2026-68820, Cisco's fix for exploited firewall DoS bug CVE-2026-20349 (added to CISA KEV), and a second N-able N-central hotfix for actively exploited CVE-2026-18577. Other items include GitHub expanding Dependabot malware alerts to eight package ecosystems and EU AI Act enforcement beginning on 2 August 2026.

Help Net Security · Aug 16, 2026Industry in the wildCVE-2026-18577CVE-2026-68820CVE-2026-203491