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OpenAI Launches Cheaper AI Model, After Scrapping One Deemed Unsafe

The cheaper model costs five times less than OpenAI’s flagship as the company shifts focus after safety reviews blocked a planned upgrade.

Summary by The Korea Times
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI launched a new mid-range artificial intelligence model Tuesday that costs five times less than its flagship offering, one day after scrapping an upgraded version deemed unreliable. GPT-6.1 Sol ranks below OpenAI's most powerful model, GPT-6 Astra, released in early September. The company on Monday said it abandoned plans for GPT-6.1 Astra because the model frequently ignored instructions. The announcement, made at the comp…

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Named GPT-6.1 Sol, this model is a step below GPT-6 Astra, the most powerful model of OpenAI, launched on September 3.

·Paris, France
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Photo illustrative shows the logo of ChatGPT, of OpenAI, in France. Users' reports raise alerts about possible delusions related to the intense use of AI chatbots. SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP OpenAI released on Tuesday (29) the GPT-6.1 Sun, a new version of its artificial intelligence model focused on tasks that require more capacity. According to the company, the system has performance close to the GPT-6 Astra in programming, use of computers and pro…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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OpenAi launches a cheaper model of artificial intelligence, after discarding one deemed unsafe. The startup also announced that ChatGpt, among its flagship products, is used every week by more than 1.2 billion people. (ANSA). (ANSA)

·Rome, Italy
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The creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI, launched on Tuesday a new intermediate model of artificial intelligence (AI) presented as almost as efficient as its flagship model for five times less expensive, the day after the abandonment of a new version of the latter, considered unsafe.

·Montreal, Canada
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La Presse broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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