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DevDay shipped the agent. The training pause stayed
OpenAI DevDay 2026 shipped Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol at $2 and $10 per million tokens, and an Agents API, while the September training pause was left unaddressed.
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$397 to $13 million: the public record of software prices
PriceProof turns USAspending awards into a checkable record of what US agencies paid for enterprise software, from Tableau at $397 to a $13 million contract.
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Engineering
Batch is half price. The wait is the cost
Batch cuts GPT-6.1 Sol from $10 to $5 per million output tokens. On a 2 million token nightly run that is $220 a month, if the job can wait.
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Engineering
Count the tokens, then price the call
A short Python script prices an API call from a real trace: 8,000 in and 1,500 out is $0.031 on Sol and $0.155 on Astra.
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Engineering
How to estimate an AI API bill before you ship
Two million output tokens a day costs $20 on GPT-6.1 Sol and $100 on Astra. Here is the arithmetic, from list price to a monthly bill.
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AI for dummies
Google's Gemini 4 Argon explained: what beginners need to know
Gemini 4 Argon is Google's new frontier AI with a 1 million token output limit and top coding and cybersecurity scores. Here is what beginners should know.
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AI for dummies
GPT-6.1 Sol explained: near-top AI at a fifth of the price
GPT-6.1 Sol is OpenAI's newest mid-tier AI model, delivering near-Astra quality for coding and professional work at one-fifth the API price. Here is what changed and when beginners should use it.
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Cyber security
Cisco SD-WAN Manager auth bypass CVE-2026-76504 is live
CVE-2026-76504 is a CVSS 9.8 authentication bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, exploited in the wild since September 2026. CISA gave federal agencies until October 3 to patch. Here is what to check and how to fix it.
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Engineering
OpenAI retires Custom GPTs for plugins by December 11
OpenAI Custom GPT retirement moves builders to a plugin system by December 11, 2026. Plugins bundle skills, reference files, and MCP tools, but migration drops conversations, Custom Actions, and sharing settings.