Report: OpenAI pauses frontier RL training, shifts to smaller cheaper models
Blogger haider1 reports that OpenAI paused frontier RL training over safety concerns and shelved the rumored 6.1 Astra, pivoting to smaller, cheaper models like 6.1 Sol to meet demand for cost-efficient backends.
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- OpenAI's rumored 6.1 Terra points to demand for smaller, cheaper models — haider1 · 2026-10-25
- Rumor: OpenAI paused frontier RL over safety, pivoting to smaller cheaper models — haider1 · 2026-10-26