David Shapiro on the keynote as a whole.
David Shapiro
As far as Keynotes go, the OpenAI DevDay 2026 was... well it was better than last year's.
Still quite underwhelming. It was basically just "hey we are pacing everyone else"
TLDW
1) Sol 6.1 gives near-Astra performance at a fifth the cost and slightly faster.
2) Dots. This is just... Grok Bot. Cloning functionality (one cool thing is that it is unlimited usage)
3) Lots of little things for Codex and developers
Nothing earth shattering.
klöss on where the anger over the plans actually came from, at the end of the day.
klöss
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people aren't mad OpenAI launched a $500 plan
they're mad Tibo spent weeks hyping GPT-6.1 Astra like it would solve all your life's problems, just to then not ship it
they're mad GPT-6.1 Sol dropped one week after GPT-6 Sol (rushed???), and most devs are still reaching for Opus 5.5
they're mad the team knew today wouldn't land without GPT-6.1 Astra yet hyped it like the second coming of Jesus
and they're mad OpenAI sold us a 20x plan for $200, cut it to 10x, then asked for $500 to get 25x on the same day Tibo said "a lot of compute is online"
want a crash course in max aura loss?
study OpenAI today
Alexander Embiricos, who works on Codex at OpenAI, on how far the rollout had reached by the end of the day.
Alexander Embiricos
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Dots rollout update:
- We are out to all of Pro500, Pro200
- Just starting Pro100
- We're a little delayed for Business Premium and Enterprise beta. Looking like tomorrow, sorry!
cova, who works on art and technology at OpenAI, with a game made on the handheld the same evening.
cova
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i made a game on the devday gameboy!
inspired by @casey's nyc rides 🍕
