[user43928]

I hope that their marketing and developer relations teams were already off yesterday, and that they will have better news for us today.

OpenAI is doing a much better job on this, offering generous usage limits to users at home. They also hand out usage resets for minor issues, that you can even apply at a time of your choosing.

[doodlesarefun]

5.6 isn't available to subscribers at all. "Better" on the optics front because they didn't tease users, but they're not better for subscribers regarding latest model access.

[user43928]

It is expected to release next week, and the reason it has not been widely rolled out yet is the US administration, as far as I know.