A bit of news: After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic (after taking some time to recharge). I am incredibly grateful for my time at GDM. @demishassabis took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing my PhD, and the entire GDM team taught me so much about how to do great science. GDM is a special place, and I’ll still be excited to hear about what amazing things they discover next.
GPT-5.6 Pro Leaks: Coming Thursday
- Knowledge cutoff: December 2025 (previous versions had August 2025).
- Reasoning effort ("Juice Value") increased to 960 (vs 768 on GPT-5.5).
- Vision and image to design replication are much better (it can almost copy designs)
- SVG generation, especially 3D/static SVGs, is excellent and can outperform Fable 5.
- Frontend generation has improved, but Fable/Claude still have the edge.
- Game generation is more stable with fewer visual glitches, though Fable 5 is still better overall.
- Playwright support is in ChatGPT for browser automation.
- GPT-5.6 / GPT-5.6 Pro is most likely coming Thursday.
I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there.
It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.