OpenAI's September 29 DevDay gave us an ongoing assistant, a cheaper model, more ways to work in the cloud and a $500 monthly plan. DevDay recap

The two things I've liked so far are dots and GPT-6.1 Sol.

Having room to keep working without checking the allowance all the time is a big part of that.

My reading of the event is that OpenAI wants more of our workday inside ChatGPT.

The announcements start to make sense when you look at them together.

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Judge these launches by what they help you finish within your usual budget. A cheaper model is useful if it handles your work well; an ongoing assistant earns its place if it needs less supervision.

That's the test I'd use before paying for a bigger plan.

Dots runs on GPT-6 Astra, with a cloud computer and access to the apps you connect. You give it work, follow its progress and set rules around what it can do. Access is rolling out to eligible Pro and Business Premium users, with an admin-enabled Enterprise beta. Dots announcement

Think of an ongoing project where the brief changes as feedback comes in. Having an assistant carry that context forward could save some of the restarting and explaining we do in separate chats. That's the appeal for me.

I've liked dots so far. OpenAI is also offering a first-month promotion where dots usage won't count toward eligible plan allowances, with later terms still to be shared. Release notes

Basically its kind of free codex usage.

The offer gives us room to try it. I'll be interested in how useful it feels once the normal terms arrive.

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol approaches Astra's performance on selected coding, computer-use and professional-work tests at one-fifth of its standard API input and output prices. Those are OpenAI's evaluations, and API prices are the rates developers pay directly. They don't translate neatly into five times as much work on a subscription. Sol 6.1 announcement

In my experience, Sol 6.1 is good, and my usage limit barely seems to move compared with when I use Astra. That's an early impression, but I'm happy using it so far.

Early users are reporting something similar, along with complaints that it can be slow. The Codex discussion has people pleased with the work they get from their allowance and others frustrated by the waiting.

That tradeoff matters. If you're waiting for an answer before you can continue, speed affects your day. If you can leave a task running, lower usage may matter more.

Sol 6.1 is rolling out in ChatGPT Work and Codex, and is available through the API. It isn't yet in ordinary Chat. OpenAI

Codex Cloud lets coding tasks continue while your laptop sleeps. Space and Pages give you somewhere to keep files and edit shared documents with other people. The Meetings plugin adds notes and action items, though it's currently a macOS beta for Pro and Business. Release notes

There were also improvements to plugins and code review, Slack and Teams integration, and developer tools for agents to use software. Cloud security scanning and AWS-hosted agents are previews; enterprise announcements also covered privacy controls. Collaborative slides are still coming. DevDay recap

Taken together, I see OpenAI trying to make ChatGPT a place where projects continue across documents, apps and conversations. I can see the convenience. I'd still judge each part by how reliably it works in my own routine.

Pro 500 is here at $500 a month, with Astra Ultrafast. OpenAI advertises up to eight times faster token generation in Codex. That's the speed of generating the response, so it doesn't mean every whole task finishes eight times faster. Pro terms · DevDay recap

Pro 200 also has a lower included allowance. Eligible existing subscribers keep the previous allowance through October 29, then move to the lower one while still paying $200 a month. OpenAI

I don't like paying the same amount and having to work out whether a more efficient model makes up for a smaller allowance. Sol feels promising in my use, but that doesn't settle the question for everyone.

Some viewers were disappointed by the event, and the dots demonstration had delays reported by Axios. I understand the frustration. I also think Sol and dots deserve to be judged through actual use over the next few weeks.

I'm happy with Sol 6.1 so far, and dots is something I want to keep trying. My next judgment will come from the work they help me finish, especially once the temporary offer ends and the new allowances take effect.

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