GPT 6.1 Sol launches at one-fifth of Astra's price
What happened
On 29 September 2026, Simon Willison commented that GPT 6.1 Sol offered intelligence close to Astra at one-fifth of the price. The article was tagged OpenAI, generative AI, LLM and GPT, and was recorded as the latest development at 02:27 on 30 September. At 03:34 that day, the AWS Machine Learning Blog reported that GPT-6.1 Sol was generally available on Amazon Bedrock, with stronger reasoning for agentic coding, computer use and everyday professional workloads. According to OpenAI, it matches GPT-6 Astra on DeepSWE v1.1 at around one-fifth of the cost per task and exceeds GPT-6 Sol's best result by 6.4 percentage points. The confirmed facts are its release and Bedrock availability, a price around one-fifth of Astra's, and assessments of near-Astra intelligence. Reports provided no further details on specific parameters, launch time or official pricing.
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Developments
- Sep 30 03:34 · 1 reportsGPT-6.1 Sol launches on Amazon BedrockAWS Machine Learning Blog：Bring near-Astra intelligence to everyday work with GPT-6.1 Sol on Amazon Bedrock
- Sep 30 02:27 · 1 reportsGPT 6.1 Sol launches at one-fifth of Astra's priceSimon Willison：GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
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- AWS Machine Learning BlogSelectedBring 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, offering stronger reasoning for agentic coding, computer use and everyday professional workloads. OpenAI says it matches GPT-6 Astra on DeepSWE v1.1 at roughly one-fifth the cost per task, and exceeds GPT-6 Sol’s best result by 6.4 percentage points.
- Simon WillisonGPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
Simon Willison commented that GPT 6.1 Sol offered intelligence close to Astra at one-fifth of the price. Published on 29 September 2026, the article is tagged OpenAI, generative AI, LLM and GPT.
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