AI digest — Oct 27, 2026
Top line: OpenAI's model line may have gained a deliberately cheap new tier: Japanese tech commentary reports GPT-6.1 Terra was released Oct 26, priced at $1 and $5 per million tokens — though OpenAI's own announcement is not part of today's coverage. Otherwise a quiet day: a free spam-call-removal skill is being pushed for Grok Bot, and Tesla's latest FSD safety statistics circulate on X.
1. GPT-6.1 Terra: a reported cheap new tier in OpenAI's model line
What happened: Two Japanese-language tech essays published overnight on note.com describe a new OpenAI model, GPT-6.1 Terra, released Oct 26 and priced at $1 and $5 per million tokens — a two-price slot the coverage reads as a deliberately low-cost option, framed around the question of whether most work actually needs the most expensive AI. A second, fuller explainer positions Terra alongside GPT-6.1 Sol, which the author says has been available for some time, and against the flagship Astra tier, promising a point-by-point comparison of features, pricing and usage.
What's genuinely new: the Terra name itself, its Oct 26 release date, and the $1/$5-per-million-tokens pricing — the first appearance of Terra anywhere in the model-line coverage, which until now has centered on GPT-6 Astra (launched Sept 3) and the GPT-6.1 Sol tier, with a September "GPT-6.1 Astra" model name that was never confirmed. The comparison framework (Terra vs Sol vs Astra) is also new.
Watch: OpenAI's own announcement and pricing page — the release date and both prices are so far sourced only from commentary, and it is not established which of the two prices is input and which is output; independent benchmarks; and whether Terra turns up in third-party surfaces the way Sol did (OpenClaw, Codex, Perplexity).
Sources note — phiroq3v3 note — kazu_t
Brief
- A free "Spam-Call Scrubber" skill for Grok Bot is being promoted on X (relayed by Elon Musk) as a $0 alternative to DeleteMe's $129-a-year service: it claims to find a user's number on people-search sites, file every opt-out, click the confirmation emails and re-check monthly. A companion post from another user (Elon Musk) describes ready-made Grok Bots to remove a phone number from spam-call lists and personal info from public sites. Promoter-relayed, no independent verification, and no confirmation the skill works as described.
- Tesla's latest FSD (Supervised) safety data, circulated by investor Pierre Ferragu via Elon Musk and attributed to Sawyer Merritt's post: 6,006,200 miles per major collision with FSD engaged, versus 2,031,221 with manual driving plus active safety features, 845,915 with plain manual driving, and a US average of 660,164. Vendor-published figures with no methodology or independent coverage in capture.