OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol improves alignment versus GPT-6 Sol
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol shows major gains over GPT-6 Sol in its alignment evaluations and is closer to GPT-6 Astra on transparency, user intent, and safety constraints.
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View all AI newsOpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol offers near-Astra intelligence at one-fifth the price
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol provides near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price and calls it the most cost-efficient model for its performance available today.
Polymarket says OpenAI unveils Dots, always-on agents linked to 4,000+ apps
Polymarket says OpenAI has unveiled Dots, always-on AI agents that can work autonomously around the clock, run their own cloud computers, and connect to more than 4,000 apps.
Dots will be available to ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users
Dots will be available in ChatGPT on web, mobile, and desktop for Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users in eligible markets. The first dot is created in the desktop app or a desktop browser.
OpenAI introduces dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI is introducing dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. It describes them as remarkably capable and built to handle everything.
OpenAI says users can set action boundaries for dots
OpenAI says users can decide what a dot may do on its own, when it must ask first, and what it must never do. Each dot runs on its own cloud computer, so connecting a personal computer is optional.
Elvis says OpenAI has announced dots, with its own computer
Elvis says OpenAI has announced dots and that he has tested it for the last few days. He describes proactive capabilities, a built-in computer, and note-taking tools he used to organize DevDay travel and meetings.
Polymarket says OpenAI will reopen its $200 Pro subscription tomorrow at roughly half prior usage
Polymarket says OpenAI has announced that its $200 Pro subscription will reopen tomorrow with roughly half the previous API-equivalent usage.
OpenAI says latest Astra model needs more safety work, apologizes over Australian site hack
WIRED reports that the company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards and apologized for how it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.
OpenAI shares how it thinks about securing frontier RL training runs
OpenAI has published a page on how it thinks about securing frontier reinforcement-learning training runs, at a URL about safety cases for frontier AI training.
GPT-6 Luna (Max) reaches Arena.ai’s Agent Arena Pareto frontier
Arena.ai now places OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna (Max) on the Agent Arena Pareto frontier at +1.59% net improvement and a $0.05 median cost per task. It costs 29% less than DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and 76% less than Hy4 preview, trailing those scores by 2.27 and 2.51 percentage points.
Polymarket says OpenAI reportedly canceled the October GPT-6.1 Astra release
Polymarket says OpenAI has reportedly canceled the planned October release of GPT-6.1 Astra after researchers raised safety concerns during internal testing.
Arena.ai ranks GPT-6 Luna (Max) 23rd in Agent Arena
Arena.ai reports a +1.6% net improvement for OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna (Max) across 8,000 real-world agentic sessions, at a $0.05 median cost per task. It did not reach the Agent Arena Pareto frontier.
Polymarket says OpenAI teases 20+ launches at DevDay 2026
Polymarket says OpenAI has teased more than 20 launches for OpenAI DevDay 2026, describing the event as happening tomorrow.
Command Code adds OpenAI Responses API support for 98 models
Command Code now accepts the OpenAI Responses API at POST https://api.commandcode.ai/provider/v1/responses, covering 98 open and closed models. Function and custom tools stay client-side, and built-in tools pass through only when supported.
JupyterLite WebMCP lets an agent edit and run live notebook cells
Allison Coleman and Juan Mendoza built JupyterLite WebMCP, which places an agent inside a live notebook to edit cells, run code, and review changes. OpenAI Developers listed it among the winners of The WebMCP Challenge.
Faraday lets an agent navigate 3D scans through WebMCP
Faraday, by thegreataxios, lets an agent navigate 3D scans through WebMCP while the scan stays in the browser. OpenAI Developers presented it among the winners of The WebMCP Challenge and said it is built for research and education.
Polymarket says OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google executives will testify before the NYC Council
Polymarket says executives from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, and Google are set to testify before the NYC Council next week amid growing AI safety concerns.
Arena.ai opens GPT-6 Sol (Medium) in Direct Mode through Sept. 29 at 9am PT
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol (Medium) can be selected in Arena Direct Mode for the next 24 hours, through Sept. 29 at 9am PT. Arena.ai says it will remain available in Battle and Agent Mode after that window.
Polymarket says Florida asks court to bar OpenAI from new models without outside oversight
Polymarket says Florida has asked a court to stop OpenAI from developing new AI models unless outside oversight is in place.