Day: September 30, 2026
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The workhorse is not Chat

GPT-6.1 Sol is sold as near-Astra workhorse intelligence at about one-fifth Astra token prices, but it ships in Work and Codex (not Chat), Ultrafast is not live, GPT-6.1 Astra was pulled for safety, and the cash delta vs GPT-6 Sol is mainly cached input for agent loops. Read more
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The avatar is not the identity

OpenAI’s Dots look like Muse cosplay stickers. The operator product is specialist identities, Slack/Teams posting under a Dot’s own identity, Enterprise permissions off by default, Agent 365 governance, and work that sits outside ChatGPT usage limits. Read more
