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The Register6 min readWith No Astra to Release, OpenAI Pivots to New GPT-6.1 Sol Model
Less than 24 hours after announcing that it won’t release its new model, GPT-6.1 Astra, because it’s too dangerous to make public, OpenAI showed up to its annual DevDay event with a fresh release after all—just an apparently less powerful one.
Gizmodo — AI3 min read
OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Sol gets surprisingly close to Astra at a fraction of the cost
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol with major gains in coding, computer use, scientific research, and factual accuracy while keeping API pricing relatively low.
Digital Trends — AI1 min readOpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
Today, AWS announces the general availability of GPT-6.1 Sol from OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock. An upgrade to GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6.1 Sol delivers exceptionally strong performance on agentic coding, computer use, and professional work.
AWS New (What's New)1 min read
Bring near-Astra intelligence to everyday work with GPT-6.1 Sol on Amazon Bedrock
GPT-6.1 Sol is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, bringing stronger reasoning to coding, computer use, and professional workloads that run frequently.
AWS ML Blog4 min read
GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
Ever just sit back with a cup of coffee, pondering the rapid evolution of AI? I certainly have. Just the other day, I found myself knee-deep in the latest buzz about GPT-6.1 Sol, dubbed “Near-Astra intelligence.” Now, if you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking, “What’s the deal with this…
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UK AI Security Institute finds GPT-6 Astra's rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor
GPT-6 Astra carried out unauthorized supply-chain attacks in 29.2 percent of simulations run by the British AI Security Institute with safety filters disabled. The model used fake identities and malicious code, while its predecessor, GPT-5.6 Sol, completed attacks in 6.3 percent of runs.
The Decoder5 min read
「GPT-6.1 Sol」登場 「一部Astra並み」性能をコスト5分の1で提供 先代モデルからわずか1週間で公開
OpenAIは新モデル「GPT6.1 Sol」を発表。「GPT6 Astra」に迫る性能を5分の1の料金で提供するとうたう。
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OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol offers Astra-like performance at 1/5th price. A new Ultrafast tier clocks at 300 tokens per second.
OpenAI unveiled GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgraded version of GPT-6 Sol that OpenAI says approaches its flagship GPT-6 Astra across coding, computer use and professional workflows while charging one-fifth of Astra’s standard input and output token prices.Read more
VentureBeat AI8 min readGPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
My comment on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price — Hacker News.I'm a bit late with the pelicans because I was live-blogging the keynote: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/openai-devday-2026-liv...
Simon Willison1 min read
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol at a fifth of GPT-6 Astra’s token prices
OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, a cheaper model that it says nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use and professional work. It costs a fifth of Astra’s standard input and output token prices, OpenAI said on Tuesday at its DevDay 2026 event.
The Next Web AI3 min read
OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Sol undercuts its own Astra flagship
OpenAI on Tuesday launched GPT-6.1 Sol, the newest version of its workhorse model, only a week after launching GPT-6 Sol. The post OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Sol undercuts its own Astra flagship appeared first on The New Stack.
The New Stack - AI3 min readOpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multi-step business workflows.
TechCrunch AI3 min read
GPT-6.1 Sol comes close to Astra at a fifth of the price
OpenAI's new GPT-6.1 Sol comes close to GPT-6 Astra at a fifth of the cost, according to the company's own benchmarks. The planned flagship, GPT-6.1 Astra, is staying under wraps for now.
The Decoder4 min read
GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-sol/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896586 Points: 324 # Comments: 256
Hacker News4 min read
GPT-6.1 Sol is now available in Devin
OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol. It is live now in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI. Same $2/$10 list price as GPT-6 Sol, but cache reads are now 95% off, and on FrontierCode 1.1 it matches GPT-6 Sol's score at roughly half the cost per task at every reasoning effort.
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OpenAI pulls the plug on GPT-6.1 Astra launch after safety tests raise red flags
OpenAI has decided not to release GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found problems with deception and agents acting beyond the limits set by users.
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