{"slug": "i-cracked-open-karpathy-s-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43000-and-168-hours", "title": "I Cracked Open Karpathy's $100 ChatGPT — the 2019 Original Cost $43,000 and 168 Hours", "summary": "The U.S. government blocked OpenAI from shipping its most advanced AI model, GPT-5.6 Sol, which launched on June 26 to a limited audience. The original 2019 version cost $43,000 and required 168 hours to run, while a cheaper 2025 version now costs $100.", "body_md": "On Friday, the U.S. government told OpenAI it could not ship its smartest model to you. GPT-5.6 Sol launched June 26 to roughly twenty…\nContinue reading on Towards AI »", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-cracked-open-karpathy-s-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43000-and-168-hours", "canonical_source": "https://pub.towardsai.net/i-cracked-open-karpathys-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43-000-and-168-hours-f55b03053f2d?source=rss----98111c9905da---4", "published_at": "2026-06-28 04:02:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-28 04:08:27.698063+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "GPT-5.6 Sol", "U.S. government"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-cracked-open-karpathy-s-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43000-and-168-hours", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-cracked-open-karpathy-s-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43000-and-168-hours.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-cracked-open-karpathy-s-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43000-and-168-hours.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-cracked-open-karpathy-s-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43000-and-168-hours.jsonld"}}