OpenAI API

Three coloured AI model symbols representing reported OpenAI Aurora API references.

Three Unannounced OpenAI Aurora Models Surface in the API

OpenAI Aurora models briefly appeared in API references, drawing attention to potentially significant clues about OpenAI’s ongoing model development. The references have prompted questions about what Aurora might represent, whether the entries point to upcoming AI models, and what developers should understand before drawing conclusions. However, API references alone do not confirm a product launch, […]

Read more
GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast - gpt 6 1 sol ultrafast chatgpt work codex api a supersonic passenger jet with a drooped nose

OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast on ChatGPT Work, Codex, and API

OpenAI has rolled out Ultrafast mode for GPT-6.1 Sol in the API, Codex and ChatGPT Work, promising up to 8x faster generation than Sol Standard. It costs $12 per million input tokens and $60 per million output, six times Standard, and in ChatGPT it is limited to Pro $500 and eligible Enterprise and Edu plans. We cover the measured speed, every price tier, the 8x allowance burn, EU residency, the Cerebras question and when the premium pays.

Read more
GPT-Live-1 - openai gpt live 1 api agents api public beta a telephone switchboard socket grid v2

OpenAI Launches GPT-Live-1 API and Agents API Public Beta

OpenAI launched GPT-Live-1 in the API and the Agents API in public beta on 10 September 2026. We read both announcements against 21 pages of OpenAI’s documentation. Four of GPT-Live-1’s seven benchmark charts score it with a GPT-6 Astra or Terra backend attached, its $0.05-a-minute rate bills silence, and the two products sit in different data-control categories: GPT-Live-1 is eligible for Zero Data Retention and European processing, the Agents API is not.

Read more
CHAT