88Z AI, 30 September — OpenAI released 25 updates at DevDay 2026 in San Francisco, introducing the persistent agent Dots and the cost-effective model GPT-6.1 Sol.
At a glance
- GPT-6.1 Sol offers near-flagship intelligence at one-fifth the API price
- Persistent agent Dots can track tasks long-term and operate software autonomously
The update
OpenAI announced twenty-five product updates during DevDay 2026 in San Francisco. Key highlights include the launch of Dots, a persistent agent capable of long-term task tracking, proactive reporting, and autonomous software operation. The new model GPT-6.1 Sol was also released, offering intelligence levels close to the flagship GPT-6 Astra but at one-fifth the API price, with a new Ultrafast paid speed tier. Additionally, Codex has been upgraded to a cloud engineering team, supporting multi-agent parallelism, code review, and security scanning. The Agents API now exposes capabilities such as computer use, and a partnership with AWS was announced.
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