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GPT 6 Articles

6 articles across AI Catchup's news, guides, tutorials, and comparisons.

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OpenAIOct 9, 2026

Prompting GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol: Effort, Migration, and Prompts That Keep It Working

GPT-6 Astra follows instructions more closely than earlier OpenAI models and asks more questions, so prompting it is mostly removing old scaffolding: grant permission to finish, trim skills and AGENTS.md, and stop ordering tests. In the API, replace none effort with low, move tool calls to Responses, and switch caching to prompt_cache_options.ttl.

OpenAIOct 8, 2026

OpenAI Brings GPT-6 Intelligent UI to ChatGPT Across Tiers

OpenAI is rolling GPT-6 Intelligent UI into ChatGPT so answers can mix text, visuals, and interactive controls. The rollout starts with Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise in the Chat tab, expands to Free and Go starting October 8, and does not change the models behind Work or Codex.

OpenAISep 29, 2026

OpenAI Launches dots: Always-On Agents in ChatGPT With Their Own Cloud Computer

OpenAI's dots are always-on agents in ChatGPT, powered by GPT-6 Astra, that keep working between conversations using their own cloud computer and the apps you connect. They are rolling out gradually to eligible Pro users outside the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK and to Business Premium, and usage won't count toward eligible plan allowances for the next month.

OpenAISep 29, 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol: Astra-Level Coding at a Fifth of the Price, With Cost at Every Effort Level

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol on September 29, 2026, at $2 input and $10 output per million tokens, a fifth of GPT-6 Astra's price, with cached input at $0.10. On OpenAI's charts it edges past Astra's best DeepSWE score at high effort and trails Astra by 2.1 points on OSWorld offline. The API model ID is gpt-6.1-sol.

OpenAISep 22, 2026

GPT-6 Sol and Luna: Half the Price of GPT-5.6, With Benchmarks and Cost at Every Effort Level

OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna on September 22, 2026, at $2 and $10 and $0.10 and $0.50 per million tokens, half the price of GPT-5.6. Luna scores 66.6% on DeepSWE for about $0.22 a task. Since October 7 the pair has been rolling out as ChatGPT's Chat models, and GPT-6.1 Sol has succeeded Sol at the same price.

OpenAISep 4, 2026

OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra for Computer Use and Complex Work

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, for computer use and complex work. Its October 16 update to GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT adds faster responses, improved plugin and tool use, and parallel agents, rolling out to eligible Pro users.

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