OpenAI releases GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna reasoning models

UpdateSep 22, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Both models take text and image input and return text via the Responses and Chat Completions APIs. Up to 272K input tokens, GPT-6 Sol costs $2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens, and GPT-6 Luna $0.10 and $0.50.

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