Truth Check/30 September 2026
“GPT-6.1 Sol nearly matches GPT-6 Astra at one-fifth of the price”
The claim as it travelled: OpenAI, 29 Sept 2026.
Holds
The claim holds against the page that produced it.
OpenAI's page prints Sol at $2 / $10 against Astra's $10 / $50 and the DeepSWE and OSWorld gaps; every comparison is OpenAI's own.
- Checked Against
- openai.com ↗Primary
- Read the Check
- OpenAI cut the price by 80%. Anthropic's $42bn loss is mostly paper.
GPT-6.1 Sol's prices and scores against OpenAI's own caveats, and the model it held back; the '$42 billion loss' at Anthropic against what the same reports say it is made of; and the one-fifth test to run on your AI bill before you switch models.
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