OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth of Astra's price
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GPT-6.1 Sol upgrades GPT-6 Sol with stronger agentic coding and computer use, priced at one-fifth of GPT-6 Astra's standard input and output rates, with cached input at a 95% discount. Artificial Analysis puts its Cost per Task ~30% below GPT-6 Sol.
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- Sep 29
Introducing GPT-6.1 Solopenai.com
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs lesstechcrunch.com
GPT-6.1 Sol now available on AI Gatewayvercel.com
OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Sol undercuts its own Astra flagshipthenewstack.io
OpenAI fights backyoutube.com
Bring near-Astra intelligence to everyday work with GPT-6.1 Sol on Amazon Bedrockaws.amazon.com
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol offers Astra-like performance at 1/5th price. A new Ultrafast tier clocks at 300 tokens per second.venturebeat.com
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