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GPT-6.1 Sol Gets Close to Astra at a Fraction of the Cost
OpenAI's new Sol approaches Astra in independent testing at much lower API rates. The gains over its predecessor come with limits worth checking.
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GPT-6 Sol Arrives at Half the Price
OpenAI's new coding model costs half as much as GPT-5.6 Sol. Independent tests find similar overall ability, uneven gains, and reasons to check the work.
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Grok 4.7 Keeps the $2 Price. The Tasks Got Longer.
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.7 on September 21 at Grok 4.6's $2 and $6 rates. Coding scores rose, and outside tests show each finished task using far more tokens.
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OpenAI Plans to End Its Model Deal With SpaceX-Owned Cursor
OpenAI plans to end bundled model access in Cursor after SpaceX’s $60 billion takeover. Cursor says OpenAI is 5% of traffic, but the platform bargain is over.
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Grok 4.6 Ties Sol on Intelligence. Cost Still Wins.
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.6 on August 12 — same $2/$6 list as 4.5, tied with GPT-5.6 Sol on Artificial Analysis, cheaper per finished task.
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Kimi K3: The First Open 3T-Class Model Reaches the Frontier's Edge
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 — 2.8 trillion parameters, native vision, and a 1M-token context window, live in the API now with open weights promised by July 27. Benchmarks, pricing, the self-hosting reality, and what still needs independent verification.
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Grok 4.5: Faster, Cheaper Coding Near the Opus Tier
SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5 on July 8 — co-trained with Cursor, served at flash-class speed, priced at $2/$6 per million tokens, and aimed at coding agents rather than chat. Benchmarks, latency, pricing, and what still needs independent verification.