{"slug": "the-biggest-announcements-from-openai-devday-dots-gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast", "title": "The biggest announcements from OpenAI DevDay: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Ultrafast", "summary": "OpenAI announced Dots, an always-on AI personal assistant that works in the background via a secure cloud computer, at its DevDay 2026 event in San Francisco on Tuesday, rolling out to Pro and Business Premium enterprise plan users. OpenAI also launched GPT-6.1 Sol, which it says is nearly as intelligent as GPT-6 Astra but costs less than a quarter the price at $2 per million input tokens, $0.10 per million cached input tokens, and $10 per million output tokens, plus a $500-per-month Pro 500 plan with Ultrafast, which generates up to 300 tokens per second, 8 times faster, and 6 times standard speed in the API. The company additionally introduced ChatGPT Space for shared AI collaboration, where colleagues' Dot assistants can access shared context.", "body_md": "# The biggest announcements from OpenAI DevDay: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Ultrafast\n\n[Matt Binder](https://mashable.com/author/matt-binder)\n\n[Read Full Bio](https://mashable.com/author/matt-binder)\n\nSeptember is a big month for Big Tech events, where companies showcase their latest products. And now, OpenAI has just [__joined the party__](https://openai.com/index/devday-2026-recap/) with DevDay 2026 in San Francisco.\n\nThe AI giant held its annual [__DevDay__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls_onRviPM) event on Tuesday and had a slew of announcements to make. OpenAI recently [released GPT-6 Astra](https://mashable.com/tech/openai-gpt-6-astra-launch-pricing-safety-benchmarks), an advanced new model, but it's also facing demands for much stricter regulation after [its AI agents hacked third-party systems](https://mashable.com/tech/hugging-face-openai-rogue-agent-hack-explained). \n\nThe biggest news of the day was [the launch of Dots](https://mashable.com/tech/openai-dev-day-dots-ai-agents), a new AI agent to rival Meta's Muse AI.\n\n**You May Also Like**\n\nHere are all the biggest announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2026.\n\n## Dots\n\nApparently, every AI company [needs cartoon mascots nowadays](https://mashable.com/tech/why-companies-use-cute-mascots-meta-jolly).\n\nOpenAI is taking a page out of Meta's book, and it's not just the animated characters. [__Dots__](https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots/) are OpenAI's always-on AI personal assistant product, *a la* Meta's Muse.\n\nAccording to OpenAI, Dots work and complete tasks across existing context and connected applications. As users work with their Dots assistant, it will learn from user feedback and improve on said tasks over time. Being an always-on AI agent, Dots work in the background via a secure cloud computer as users go about their day, OpenAI said.\n\nFor now, Dots are available to users on the Pro and Business Premium enterprise plans. The new AI agents began rolling out to eligible users today.\n\n[Terms of Use](https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use)and\n\n[Privacy Policy](https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy).\n\n## GPT-6.1 Sol\n\nOpenAI also announced an upgraded version of [__GPT-6 Sol__](https://mashable.com/tech/openai-chatgpt-6-sol-launches-available-now), the model that can be viewed as a more cost-efficient version of GPT-6 Astra, [OpenAI's most powerful model](https://mashable.com/tech/openai-astra-critical-cyber-capabilities).\n\nOpenAI says [__GPT-6.1 Sol__](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-sol/) has \"exceptionally strong performance on agentic coding, computer use and professional work.\" It's nearly as intelligence as Astra but costs less than a quarter the price.\n\nHere's how the pricing breaks down:\n\n- GPT 6.1 Sol costs $2 per million input tokens\n- $0.10 per million cached input tokens\n- $10 per million output tokens\n\n## Pro 500 plan and Ultrafast\n\nIf you thought OpenAI's $200 per month plan was expensive, wait until you hear about Ultrafast.\n\nOpenAI announced a new $500 per month plan called Pro 500. The new plan includes access to Ultrafast, a feature that allows OpenAI's Codex and Work apps to work on tasks faster. Ultrafast allows Codex and Work to generate up to 300 tokens per second, or 8 times faster.\n\n\"Ultrafast is our premium speed tier for workloads where speed matters most,\" OpenAI said.\n\nThe feature is also coming to the API, which will provide 6 times the standard speed.\n\n## ChatGPT Space\n\nAI collaboration will now happen in a new dedicated space, aptly called ChatGPT Space. Colleagues can work together on ChatGPT Space, sharing context, and their Dot AI assistants can access this shared knowledge.\n\nMore of OpenAI's DevDay announcements can be found [__at the DevDay 2026 website__](https://openai.com/index/devday-2026-recap/).\n\n*Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.*\n\nTopics\n[Artificial Intelligence](https://mashable.com/category/artificial-intelligence)\n[OpenAI](https://mashable.com/category/openai)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-biggest-announcements-from-openai-devday-dots-gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast", "canonical_source": "https://mashable.com/tech/openai-devday-2026-biggest-announcements", "published_at": "2026-09-29 19:58:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-29 20:20:17.186945+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Dots", "GPT-6.1 Sol", "GPT-6 Astra", "Pro 500", "Ultrafast", "ChatGPT Space", "Meta"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-biggest-announcements-from-openai-devday-dots-gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-biggest-announcements-from-openai-devday-dots-gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-biggest-announcements-from-openai-devday-dots-gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-biggest-announcements-from-openai-devday-dots-gpt-6-1-sol-ultrafast.jsonld"}}