OpenAI launched a new AI model today. It is called GPT-6.1 Terra. The model aims at computer work like filling out forms and editing video. OpenAI built it to run fast and charge below its bigger models' price.
The price drop was steep. OpenAI says Terra costs half as much as its last computer-use model and its bigger sibling, Sol. The price now sits at one dollar per million input tokens. Output costs five dollars per million tokens. OpenAI says Terra also finishes tasks over three times faster than its last computer-use model.
Terra's coding scores jumped too. It scored 50.3 percent on a tough coding test called Terminal-Bench. The older Terra model scored near 21.5 percent on that same test. OpenAI rolled Terra out today to every paying ChatGPT tier. Developers can reach it through OpenAI's own API now.
OpenAI's own post about Terra pulled a massive crowd today. It gathered 26,300 likes in one day. The post drew 1,466 replies from users testing the model right away.
A Hacker News thread about Terra's launch exploded past most tech news that day. It reached 614 points. That same thread gathered 394 comments. Coders argued over whether a cheaper, faster model truly beats a slower, pricier one on hard jobs.
Reddit users kept the debate alive into today. One fresh post today ran fresh benchmark numbers on hard coding problems, ranking Terra against rival models. Posters picked through each result line by line.
The launch marks OpenAI's clearest move yet toward cheap, fast AI built for daily office work. Big, slow, expensive models once drew all the headlines. A fast, cheap model can handle a whole workday at lower cost. That may matter more to most paying users than one giant upgrade.