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30 Sep 2026, 2:27 AM	Simon Willison	3.0	GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price Simon Willison posted a short comment pointing to a Hacker News thread titled "GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price," published 29 September 2026 alongside his live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote. He notes the pelican-riding-a-bicycle SVG output for GPT-6.1-Sol is "not notably different from the GPT-6 family" pelicans. The excerpt contains no model specs, benchmark numbers, or actual pricing figures — only the headline claim and a link. Why: There is nothing concrete here to act on: no price, no context window, no benchmark, no availability date. The only usable signal is Willison's pelican test showing no visible capability jump over the GPT-6 family, which is a weak reason to re-evaluate model routing or budgets. If you are choosing models this week, wait for the linked HN thread and DevDay live blog rather than acting on the title's "fifth of the price" claim. llms openai model-pricing generative-ai

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30 Sep 2026, 2:27 AM

Simon Willison

3.0

GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

Simon Willison posted a short comment pointing to a Hacker News thread titled "GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price," published 29 September 2026 alongside his live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote. He notes the pelican-riding-a-bicycle SVG output for GPT-6.1-Sol is "not notably different from the GPT-6 family" pelicans. The excerpt contains no model specs, benchmark numbers, or actual pricing figures — only the headline claim and a link.

Why: There is nothing concrete here to act on: no price, no context window, no benchmark, no availability date. The only usable signal is Willison's pelican test showing no visible capability jump over the GPT-6 family, which is a weak reason to re-evaluate model routing or budgets. If you are choosing models this week, wait for the linked HN thread and DevDay live blog rather than acting on the title's "fifth of the price" claim.