OpenAI's "Crazy 28 Days" Day One, what on earth did they release...

What happened: OpenAI began a 28 day plan under Codex lead Tibo, starting with a roughly 50 percent default inference speed increase for GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol. OpenAI also said it will test visual ads in ChatGPT image generation and add invisible text watermarks in the EU. Key numbers: About 50 percent speed increase, 50TPS claimed, 12 billion Why it matters: Commenters disputed the speed claims and criticized the ad and watermark moves. A SemiAnalysis report cited Anthropic's stronger subscription value, with Opus 5.5 API equivalent value about 5 times OpenAI's comparable models.

OpenAI began a 28 day plan under Codex lead Tibo, starting with a roughly 50 percent default inference speed increase for GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol. OpenAI also said it will test visual ads in ChatGPT image generation and add invisible text watermarks in the EU.

Commenters disputed the speed claims and criticized the ad and watermark moves. A SemiAnalysis report cited Anthropic's stronger subscription value, with Opus 5.5 API equivalent value about 5 times OpenAI's comparable models.