According to OpenAI, GPT-5.6 Sol independently fine-tuned the smaller Luna model, triggered by a single "fairly under-specified prompt." In OpenAI's internal RSI benchmark for recursive self-improvement, Sol scores 16.2 points higher than GPT-5.5. OpenAI believes the "automated researcher" is within reach.<br /> The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol autonomously post [...]
Future lunar bases could run on solar panels forged from molten moon dust, turning the Moon’s surface into an energy source, thanks to a new research breakthrough. Scientists at the University of Potsdam have engineered so-called “moonglass” solar cells made by melting artificial moon dust or “regolith” and then combining it with a layer of perovskite crystal to create a working solar [...]