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- Codex lead confirms GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast is coming, community reports
A community report says Codex lead Tibo Sottiaux confirmed a GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast variant is coming, as discussions about Sol's load performance continue. The original post was not independently verified and OpenAI has not published a formal announcement.
- Community report: GPT-6.1 Sol's Fast tier runs slower than the non-Fast mode
A community report claims GPT-6.1 Sol's Fast tier currently runs slower than leaving Fast off, compounding earlier reports of subscription-side slowness that Sam Altman acknowledged and promised to fix. The claim has not been verified by OpenAI.
- Community report: GPT-6.1 Sol runs visibly slower in Codex subscriptions than via API
A community report claims GPT-6.1 served through Codex subscriptions is throttled to visibly slower speeds — up to three times slower than the same model via API — while contrasting this with Anthropic's comparatively unthrottled approach. The claim has not been verified; Sam Altman has acknowledged Sol was slow under load and said it should improve soon.
- GPT-6.1 Sol reaches third place in Humanity's Last Exam — Diamond
A Reddit post shares Artificial Analysis index results showing GPT-6.1 Sol ranking third in Humanity's Last Exam — Diamond, behind Opus 5.5 and other frontier models.
- Artificial Analysis launches new Pareto line featuring GPT-6.1 Sol
A Reddit post shares Artificial Analysis's new Pareto line chart featuring GPT-6.1 Sol.
- Artificial Analysis index ranks GPT-6.1 Sol behind Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Fable 5.1
A Reddit post shares Artificial Analysis index results for GPT-6.1 Sol, ranking it behind Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Fable 5.1 and other frontier models.
- GPT-6 Sol halves in price while Pro quota shrinks
Community posts summarize OpenAI's plan changes: GPT-6 Sol is now half price, Pro quota is halved, and Astra usage drains credits much faster.
- Well, if you were getting excited for a new frontier model from OpenAI anytime soon, bad news.
Well, if you were getting excited for a new frontier model from OpenAI anytime soon, bad news. GPT-6.1 Astra's planned October release has been scrapped https://t.co/Y2TMaig0NT