Openai’s devday 2026 shipped 20+ announcements and the headline model, gpt-6.1 sol, prices agentic…
openai’s devday 2026 shipped 20+ announcements and the headline model, gpt-6.1 sol, prices agentic coding and computer-use at one-fifth of astra’s token rates. the same stretch quietly cancelled gpt-6.1 astra because it failed the company’s own safety and alignment bar.
frontier labs are now racing at two speeds: shipping cheaper agents, pausing riskier ones.
Context
Verified date: OpenAI's DevDay 2026 recap is dated Sep 29, 2026 and says it was the biggest yet, with more than 20 major announcements. OpenAI's Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol says the model nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard input and output token prices. TechCrunch (Sep 29) reports the same.
CNBC (Sep 28, 2026) reports OpenAI decided not to release GPT-6.1 Astra because it did not quite meet the bar on staying within scope and authorization.
The 20+ announcements, the one-fifth price and the name GPT-6.1 Sol match OpenAI's pages. OpenAI says Sol nearly matches Astra, which is an OpenAI claim about its own model. The Astra cancellation is dated Sep 28, a day before DevDay, and CNBC names the reason as scope and authorization, which the post calls the safety and alignment bar. 'Two speeds' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- TechCrunch: OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol ↗Sep 29, 2026.
- ChatGPT Learn: DevDay 2026 ↗Dots and always-on agents.
- Simon Willison: DevDay 2026 live blog ↗Sep 29, 2026.
Watch next
- Read OpenAI's Sol post for the exact per-token prices.
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