Sol 6.1 shipped instantly while Astra sat in safety review for months — distillation may be the loophole
arrakis_ai · x · 2026-09-30
Sol 6.1 shipped almost immediately while the similarly capable Astra spent months in safety review. The author speculates OpenAI may be distilling an already-approved model with light post-training to bypass full review, implying Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Sol 6.1 all trade thin margins for capability — a fast-shipping strategy that pressures Anthropic ahead of its IPO.
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