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Key points
- GPT-6.1 Sol and Sonnet 5.5 Reshape the Cost–Performance Frontier
- GPT-6.1 Sol launch: OpenAI priced Sol at $2/$10 per million input/output tokens, compared with $10/$50 for Astra (pricing summary).
- Code and Text Arena: Sol briefly entered WebDev at #3 before Sonnet 5.5 pushed it to #4 (weekly recap).
- Open models: MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Flash entered Agent Arena at #5 and #9 among open models.
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- [1][AINews] not much happened todayLatent Space · Oct 3, 08:45 AM
AINews’ website lets you search all past issues.
GPT-6.1 Sol and Sonnet 5.5 Reshape the Cost–Performance Frontier
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Hype check
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- Sep 30, 2026Last Week in AI #345 - 5 new models, 9 misalignment incidents, some Dots
- Sep 30, 2026[AINews] OpenAI DevDay 2026: Dots, 6.1 Sol, Ultrafast, Decisions API, Agents API, Spaces, Marketplace, and 1.2 Billion ChatGPT WAU
- Sep 29, 2026Sonnet 5.5 is worth a try
