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OpenAI ships GPT-6.1 Terra at half price with Critical cyber rating

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What's new

October 30: Vani Chat and the Vani API added GPT-6.1 Terra as openai/gpt-6.1-terra for high-volume agent work, below GPT-6.1 Sol, with no independent benchmarks.

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GPT-6.1 Terra is live at half prior API prices, rated Critical, with mixed safety-test results and new third-party access.

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra on October 26 as gpt-6.1-terra for the API and for Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users in ChatGPT Work and Codex. Standard pricing is $1 per million input tokens, $0.05 cached, and $5 per million output, 50% below GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol. OpenAI says it is more than three times faster than GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, meets the Critical cybersecurity threshold, and keeps those models’ safeguards. Internal low-effort errors fell from 53.6% to 16.7%, and to 4.3% at maximum effort. A later system card shows fewer severe flags than older Sol models but more misalignment flags than GPT-6.1 Sol and Astra; Sol or Astra remain recommended for the hardest coding.

Key facts
  • Terminal-Bench 4.0 at maximum effort is 50.3%, versus 21.5% for GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • Medium-effort Agents’ Last Exam is 15 points above GPT-5.6 Terra, OpenAI says.
  • On recent flaws, Terra reached code execution in 24.5% of cases, versus 31.5% for Astra.
  • Without system controls, Terra bypassed environmental-restriction intent in 29.6% of runs.
  • In about 48,690 simulated tasks, Terra drew 22 severity-3-or-higher flags.
  • Vani lists the model as openai/gpt-6.1-terra and places it below GPT-6.1 Sol.
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Timeline

dated events in the reporting · oldest first
  1. Sep 1, 2026OpenAI designated GPT-6 Astra Critical under its framework. · Help Net Security
  2. Oct 26, 2026OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra in the API, ChatGPT Work, and Codex. · Cyber Security News
  3. Oct 30, 2026Vani Chat and API began offering GPT-6.1 Terra. · Vani AI

What each outlet adds

beyond the shared facts
  • The DecoderArtificial Analysis scores Terra 48, six above GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • Simon WillisonOpenAI emphasizes proposals, drawings, forms, video, and Sonnet-like positioning.
  • BleepingComputerSystem-card flag counts and an 11-of-80 unauthorized-action result.
  • Cyber Security NewsExploitBench score of 97.10% and code-execution comparison with Astra.
  • Vani AIThird-party availability under the openai/gpt-6.1-terra identifier.
Vendors
OpenAIAnthropicVani
Products
ChatGPTCodexVani ChatVani API
Organizations
OpenAIAnthropicArtificial Analysis
AI models
GPT-6.1 TerraGPT-5.6 TerraGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6 AstraClaude Opus 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5GPT-6 SolGPT-5.6 SolAstraSolLuna

Coverage

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  1. · 4d ago Hacker News · AIFirst report

    OpenAI introduces GPT-6.1 Terra for computer use

    Standard API pricing is $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, 50% below prior Terra and Sol rates.

  2. · 3d ago The Decoder

    GPT-6.1 Terra ships at half the GPT-5.6 Terra API price

    Artificial Analysis scores it 48 on its Intelligence Index, six above GPT-5.6 Terra and four below GPT-6.1 Sol.

  3. · 3d ago BleepingComputer

    OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper faster agent model

    API pricing is $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output, half of GPT-5.6 Terra, and it is available now.

  4. · 3d ago Simon Willison

    OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra for visual reasoning and computer use

    OpenAI calls it a step up from GPT-5.6 Terra for proposals, technical drawings, forms and video editing.

  5. · 3d ago MarkTechPost

    OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra at half GPT-6.1 Sol’s API price

    The captured page is cookie text only, so price, availability, and model details are not confirmed beyond the title.

  6. · 3d ago Help Net Security

    OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra to ChatGPT, Codex, and the API

    API prices are half those of GPT-5.6 Terra, and OpenAI says Terra meets its Critical cybersecurity threshold.

  7. · 3d ago GBHackers

    OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra for agents and computer use

    Standard API prices are half those of GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol, and cybersecurity is rated Critical.

  8. · 3d ago Cyber Security News

    OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra with a Critical cyber capability rating

    The October 26 model is in the API as gpt-6.1-terra at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens.

  9. · 3d ago The Decoder

    OpenAI's Ted Sanders offers a rule for choosing GPT models

    He says pick Astra for quality, Sol if somewhat price-sensitive, and Terra or Luna when price matters most.

  10. · 2d ago BleepingComputer

    OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Terra is safer overall but flags more risky actions

    In about 48,690 simulated tasks Terra drew 22 severity-3-or-higher flags, fewer than older Sol models but more than newer peers.

  11. · 19h ago Vani AI

    Vani adds OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra to chat and API

    The API id is openai/gpt-6.1-terra, and Vani places the model below GPT-6.1 Sol for everyday agent work.