AXIOS (Herb Scribner) - Altman warns of "hiccups" with new flagship Sol model
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Tuesday that the company's new GPT-5.6 Sol model may face "hiccups" soon. Why it matters: The warning underscores that even one of the world's leading AI companies can struggle to scale the infrastructure needed to meet demand for cutting-edge AI. - Anthropic and SpaceX AI are also rolling out flagship models, intensifying competition for consumers and computing capacity. Driving the news: Altman wrote on X that the model's "growth is insane" and that "the inference team has done heroic work to be able to support demand." - But that demand may face scaling issues, he wrote. - "We are going to move mountains to continue to scale, but it is possible there are some hiccups soon," Altman said. Context: OpenAI…