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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, nearly matching Astra at one-fifth price

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OpenAI announced GPT-6.1 Sol at DevDay, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use, and professional work, at one-fifth of Astra's standard API prices. The model is priced at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, matching GPT-6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5, and is available in ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API. OpenAI also introduced a $500-per-month Pro 500 plan with Astra Ultrafast access and the always-on agent 'dots'.

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  1. TechCrunch AIAisha Malik
    OpenAI 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.

  2. Techmeme
    OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol, saying it nearly matches Astra on agentic coding and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard prices, in Work and Codex (OpenAI)

    OpenAI : OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol, saying it nearly matches Astra on agentic coding and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard prices, in Work and Codex — Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price We're introducing GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that nearly matches GPT …

  3. Techmeme
    OpenAI prices GPT-6.1 Sol at $2/1M input and $10/1M output tokens, the same as GPT-6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5, and says it performs well on safety tests (Maximilian Schreiner/The Decoder)

    Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder : OpenAI prices GPT-6.1 Sol at $2/1M input and $10/1M output tokens, the same as GPT-6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5, and says it performs well on safety tests — Key Points … Ask about this article... OpenAI is betting on cost efficiency over peak performance.

  4. 机器之心机器之心
    GPT-6.1、全天候智能体，OpenAI这次DevDay全是大招

    果然有大的。 北京时间 9 月 30 日凌晨，OpenAI 在美国旧金山举行了今年的 DevDay，联合创始人、CEO 山姆・奥特曼亲自上台演讲。今天的发布，既有新模型，也有新智能体、大量新工具，OpenAI 还介绍了 AI 参与自身研发的不少细节，简直全是重点。 GPT-6.1 Sol、新增的每月 500 美元 Pro 套餐，以及全天候智能体 dots，是这次大会最受关注的发布。 从新产品的组合看，OpenAI 正试图把 AI 从回答问题的工具，推进为可以持续执行任务、参与团队协作的工作伙伴：Sol 降低调用成本，Ultrafast 缩短等待，dots 承接长期任务，Space 则成为人与智能体共同工作的空间。 GPT-6.1 Sol：Astra 五分之一价格，能力接近 首先是新模型 GPT-6.1 Sol，大家现在已经能用上了。 这次先上线的不再是最大体量的版本，不过性能上不用担心。OpenAI 称， 它在智能体编程、电脑操作和专业工作等任务上接近 GPT-6 Astra，而标准 API 输入、输出单价均为 Astra 的五分之一。 奥特曼说：「我们认为大家会很喜欢这个模型，它在某些方面比 Astra 更聪明，并将成为你的日常主力。」 以短上下文的标准 API 价格计算： 缓存输入上 Sol 只有 Astra 的十分之一，对于反复读取同一项目背景、代码库说明或工作资料的智能体，这项成本差异尤其值得关注。 OpenAI 给出了两个例子：在真实代码库中的复杂软件工程测试 DeepSWE v1.1 上，Sol 达到与 Astra 相当的表现，成本约为五分之一；在 OSWorld 2.0 离线电脑操作测试中，最高推理强度下的成绩与 Astra 相差 2.1 个百分点，单任务成本约为七分之一。 Sol 已在 ChatGPT Work、Codex 和 API 上线，普通 Chat 模式尚未开放；Sol 的 Ultrafast 版本则计划在未来几天推出。 对开发者而言，这次升级的吸引力在于：需要多轮调用、长时间运行的工作流，可以在原有预算内安排更多任务。 每月 500 刀新套餐，独享超级加速 OpenAI 新增每月 500 美元的 Pro 500，使个人 Pro 订阅形成 100、200、500 美元三个档位。Pro 500 的显著差异是提供 Astra Ultrafast；

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