OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster and cheaper model the company says is strong at computer use and clearer writing, according to The Verge. The Verge reported the model is available today for Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users in ChatGPT Work and Codex. OpenAI called it a step up from GPT-5.6 Terra for day-to-day work tasks such as drafting, reading drawings, filling forms, and editing video.

OpenAI's product page, cited here as a company source, lists standard API prices of one dollar per million input tokens, five cents per million cached input tokens, and five dollars per million output tokens. The company said those prices are about half of GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol. Developers can call the model as gpt-6.1-terra in the OpenAI API.

The Verge leaned on OpenAI's claim that Terra is very good at computer use. The company page stresses lower cost, speed, and its own scores on Agents' Last Exam, visual reasoning, desktop agent tasks, and coding benches, without independent outside testing cited on the page. OpenAI also said error rates on an internal hard-prompt set fell sharply versus GPT-5.6 Terra. It said Terra finishes many tasks more than three times faster than GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol.

Safety notes on the company page say Terra meets a Critical cybersecurity threshold under OpenAI's Preparedness Framework and keeps alignment work from the GPT-6 series. Availability began the day of the post for the paid ChatGPT Work and Codex tiers named above.

What we know: OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra for ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API, with the one-dollar and five-dollar per-million-token list prices on its site.
What we don't: How Terra performs in independent tests. Only The Verge has reported this so far. NewsHabit hasn't seen independent confirmation.