OpenAI's Tibo Says Dots Will Expand Its Model Family to Include GPT-6.1 Terra for Speed and Wider Reach
At 15:50 UTC on Nov 2, Tibo (@thsottiaux), whose X bio reads "Codex & ChatGPT @OpenAI", posted that OpenAI is working on expanding the family of frontier models that power dots, including GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Terra, with others to come. He said Terra brings speed and "a nice personality upgrade" and will help bring dots to more people. Dots are the always-on agents in ChatGPT with their own cloud computer, launched on GPT-6 Astra. This is a first-hand post by an OpenAI employee, not a formal company announcement; no timing or plan details have been published.
Key Takeaways
- Source: an original post by Tibo (@thsottiaux, X bio "Codex & ChatGPT @OpenAI"), which drew about 2,475 likes, 622 replies and 127K views within roughly 20 minutes.
- Key point: dots will no longer run only on GPT-6 Astra; GPT-6.1 Terra is being added, with more models later. It is described as work in progress with no launch date.
- Terra per OpenAI: standard API pricing of $1 input and $5 output per million tokens, 50% below GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol, and over 3x faster task completion than GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI).
- Current access: dots are rolling out to Pro users 18+ outside the EEA, Switzerland and the UK and to Business Premium; Enterprise needs an admin to enable the beta (Help Center).
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