OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol autonomously post-trained the smaller Luna model with a "fairly underspecified prompt"

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. The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol autonomously post-trained the smaller Luna model with a…