OpenAI Drops GPT-6.1 Terra
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra, a fast model focused on visual reasoning, precise computer use, and clear writing. It is available through ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens.
Terra’s real pitch is cost-efficient visual agency: enough capability for screen-based workflows without frontier-model pricing.
- –Standard pricing is 50% below GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol, making high-volume computer-use automation more practical. [OpenAI API docs](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6.1-terra)
- –OpenAI reports stronger visual reasoning, computer-use performance, coding results, and substantially faster task completion than GPT-5.6 Terra.
- –Responses API support for computer use, MCP, hosted shell, file search, and structured outputs makes Terra immediately relevant to agent builders. [OpenAI API docs](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6.1-terra)
- –Early developer discussion is positioning Terra as a potential default subagent: cheaper and faster than flagship models, though independent validation is still needed. [Community discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1xg4eqq/introducing_gpt61_terra/)
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