Sam Altman Says GPT-6.1 Sol, Fastest-Growing Model Ever, Is Now Much Faster
kimmonismus · x · 2026-10-02
Responding to user feedback, Sam Altman said GPT-6.1 Sol was OpenAI's fastest-growing model ever but had been slow under load, and should now be much better. User kimmonismus confirmed the speed improvement. A brief model-availability note.
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