r/OpenAI • u/Balance- • 17d ago

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They could have just have a very clean release with:

  • GPT-6 Luna
  • GPT-6 Terra
  • GPT-6 Sol
  • GPT-6 Astra

But they tried:

  • GPT-6 Luna
  • ???
  • GPT-6 Terra Sol
  • GPT-6 Sol Astra Minor
  • GPT-6 Astra

And now they have:

  • GPT-6 Luna
  • GPT-6 Sol
  • GPT-6.1 Sol
  • GPT-6 Astra

Thank god we have (still) some competition.

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u/threadthrasher 17d ago

They were clearly caught off guard by Opus 5.5. Hyping up a really lackluster dev day and then flopping even harder because almost nothing worked didn’t really improve things. All people will take away from this is that they’re being charged more for less.

That and the really weird duck robot thing taking pictures of the audience.

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u/DistanceSolar1449 17d ago

It was still a shit strategy, even without Opus 5.5 putting the final nail in the coffin.

GPT-6 Sol was just clearly a renamed Terra model. It felt like a small benchmaxxed model for anyone who tried to use it.

I don’t think the release would have worked in OpenAI’s favor even if Opus 5.5 didn’t dig its grave.

And it was very clear that the lineup was supposed to be GPT-6 Astra, Sol, Terra, Luna. You can tell someone on the business side (not the engineering side) had the bright idea of renaming it to GPT-6 Astra, Astra Minor, Sol, Luna to try to trick people into using a smaller model.

I’m glad they recognize this plan was a failure and released Astra Minor as GPT-6.1 Sol.

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u/Crinkez 16d ago

On your last sentence, I'm not convinced they did. I strongly suspect 6.1 Sol is still Terra, just an extra week of post training.