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title: 'GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price'
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/hn-49898129/
source: simonwillison-net
published: 2026-09-29T18:27:48Z
updated: 2026-09-29T18:27:48Z
first_seen: 2026-10-01T00:32:59.748537119Z
labels:
- ai
- generative-ai
- gpt
- llms
- openai
- pelican-riding-a-bicycle
summary: 'My comment on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price — Hacker News. I''m a bit late with the pelicans because I was live-blogging the keynote: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/openai-devday-2026-liv... Here they are for GPT-6.1-Sol: https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... They''re not notably different from the GPT-6 family pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-pelicans-gr... Tags: ai, openai, generative-ai, llms, pelican-riding-a-bicycle, gpt'
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[My comment](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896586#49898129) on [GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896586) — Hacker News.

I'm a bit late with the pelicans because I was live-blogging the keynote: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/openai-devday-2026-liv...](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/openai-devday-2026-live-blog/)

Here they are for GPT-6.1-Sol: [https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht...](https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.github.com%2Fsimonw%2F4aa871683dae5c566129a6028fbc7f21)

They're not notably different from the GPT-6 family pelicans: [https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-pelicans-gr...](https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-pelicans-grid.html)

Tags: [ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai), [openai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/openai), [generative-ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai), [llms](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms), [pelican-riding-a-bicycle](https://simonwillison.net/tags/pelican-riding-a-bicycle), [gpt](https://simonwillison.net/tags/gpt)