OpenAI's rumored 6.1 Terra points to demand for smaller, cheaper models
haider1 · x · 2026-10-25
Haider discusses OpenAI's rumored upcoming model "6.1 Terra" (unconfirmed), welcoming the trend toward smaller, cheaper models. His take: many products use Claude or ChatGPT on the backend, but frontier models are often overkill and too expensive for everyday tasks — great for building products, rarely needed to run them.
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