DeepLearning.AI weekly: GPT-6.1 hits 97.9% byte parity on COBOL migration
DeepLearningAI · x · 2026-10-23
Key items from DeepLearning.AI's Data Points newsletter:
- PHP2Shell: GPT-5.6 Sol helped find a memory bug in software running up to 70% of websites; patch is out.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash: 428B total / 23B active params, 1M context, $0.15/$0.60 per million tokens; weights due Oct 23.
- Meta's Muse Wonder: $4/$20 per million tokens via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint; no full safety report yet.
- Python 3.15 released, 3.10 hits end-of-life; ships lazy imports (PEP 810), unpacking in comprehensions (PEP 798), and a stdlib sampling profiler.
- GPT-6.1 Sol achieved 97.9% byte-for-byte parity on COBOL migration at high effort vs just 5.4% for GPT-5.6 Sol at low effort; expert review still required.
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