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GPT-6.1 Sol replaces GPT-6 Sol after just 7 days, with near-Astra intelligence

80 points · 102 comments · theanonymousone

  1. atkrista · · focus · HN ↗
    I would just LOVE to see all the behind-the-scenes shithousery both companies are employing to one-up the other in this, largely, 2-horse AGI race. Someone should make a mockumentary when all is said and done!
    1. nbardy · · focus · HN ↗
      I think it's weirdly just a choice of deciding to cut releases.

      We already know OpenAI has "bel" that is MUCH better than astra and is being used internally

      1. iLoveOncall · · focus · HN ↗
        > We already know OpenAI has "bel" that is MUCH better than astra and is being used internally

        You're just believing their own bullshit. There's no indication that this is true except from claims from people working at OpenAI.

        If they really had a much more powerful model, it would make absolutely no sense to sit on it.

        1. _davide_ · · focus · HN ↗
          > it would make absolutely no sense to sit on it.

          Yeah, it does, it might be misaligned, a snapshot of the going on training, bigger than they can serve publicly, not yet completed the full training pipeline.

          If you see the knowledge cutoff you can see that sol 5.6 finished the initial main (+stage edited) of the training pipeline on Feb 16, 2026 but it was publicly released on July 9.

          The opposite would be weird: if they do NOT have an unreleased in-house model that would be really odd.

          1. iLoveOncall · · focus · HN ↗
            > The opposite would be weird: if they do NOT have an unreleased in-house model that would be really odd.

            This isn't at all what I said. The original commenter mentioned a model MUCH stronger than Astra.

          2. nextaccountic · · focus · HN ↗
            > The opposite would be weird: if they do NOT have an unreleased in-house model that would be really odd.

            Indeed it would be really odd if OpenAI were actually open

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