Voyage AI founder questions GPT-6 naming: a weaker 'GPT-6 Sol' makes no sense
lateinteraction · x · 2026-09-07
Omar Khattab (lateinteraction) argues he'd have been impressed by GPT-6 Astra if released as 'GPT-6 Sol' with matching pricing and size — but struggles to imagine a GPT-6 Sol noticeably weaker than Astra yet still better than GPT-5.6 Sol, highlighting a positioning contradiction in the naming.
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