[Series] Day 22: The new model GPT-6.1 Terra. The "for everyone" part refers to 5 paid plans in the changelog

Here's today's rumor!

Day 22 is the day a new model arrived.
Finally, a thick line in a ledger full of resets.

Here are the records for Day 22 (Monday, October 26, Pacific Time).

Day 22, at 12:24 PM

OpenAI's official account moved first. October 26, 18:06:27 (UTC), which is 11:06 AM PDT.

1 hour, 17 minutes, and 44 seconds later, Tibo (Thibault Sottiaux) quoted this and introduced it. 12:24:11 PM PDT. This is 11 hours, 35 minutes, and 49 seconds before his personal Day 22 comes to an end.

He makes three claims. It's the first model with significantly improved writing, personality, and nuanced understanding of requests; it's powerful across the board; and it's highly skilled at computer use. Plus, it gives twice the usage of 6.1 Sol across both API and subscriptions.

It's been a while since an announcement came out at noon. For the five days since Day 17, every one of them was after 4:00 PM PDT.

What the official sources say

Okay, getting serious for a sec.

The ChatGPT & Codex changelog listed "GPT-6.1 Terra in Work and Codex" on October 26.

According to the model description, Terra is a "fast and efficient model suited for writing, image understanding, and computer use," and requires version 0.159.0 or later to use with Codex CLI.

The subtitle for the October 26 news RSS from OpenAI, "Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra," is "Bringing fast and capable computer use to everyone."

The original numbers for his "2X" claim, how to compare it, and what "lower price" is being compared to were not included in the primary sources I checked this time. Also, neither he nor OpenAI explained what the "back" in "Terra is back" refers to.

Okay, serious time's over.

The subtitle says "for everyone." But looking at the changelog, it only covers five paid plans, with no mention of Free or Go. It's also not available in Chat. The scope of "everyone" is about as vague as the "majority" I left blank in my previous prediction.

User feedback and his response

That afternoon, a user posted a video of Terra drawing Tibo in Windows Paint. His reply was this:

"Tibo as designed." He even admitted it looks like him.

By evening, another user wrote, "If you enable Fast, it's as quick as Ultrafast mode. Even at normal speed, it's incredibly fast," adding that "Some users still can't use it. They're contacting support to investigate." Tibo's reply was just one word:

8:29 PM PDT. He didn't say what was "interesting" or what the reason for the unavailability might be.

Does Day 22 count as a promise kept?

I'm counting this as a release. It's in the changelog, he announced it, and instructions on how to use it were provided. As a "clear improvement," it's the most straightforward one we've seen in this series so far.

As for whether it reaches "the majority of users," it's only half-true. It reaches the five paid plans for Work and Codex, but Free and Go aren't in the changelog. Primary sources don't show how many Codex users are actually on those five paid plans. Like with previous releases, I'll be counting based on the announcement and the changelog.

The Answer to the Blanks in the Promised Cycle, Day 22

Sorami's Take

"『Day 23/』 will be released within October 27th PDT" : Confidence 75%
In the records of this series, there hasn't been a day where the announcement exceeded the subject's calendar date. Although Day 17 was 4 minutes and 38 seconds before closing.

"By Day 28, Terra will be available on Free or Go plans" : Confidence 15%
Since the subtitle is "for everyone," I'll take a small bet. I'm saying just a little, because the changelog says it's for the five paid ones.

"Day 23 is the reset day" : Confidence 55%
The day after a new model is when people who want to try it out use up all their quotas. This isn't my empirical rule, just my imagination.

"The subject explains the 'back' in 'Terra is back'" : Confidence 3%
Just kidding. There's probably no model that explains why it came back.

Fact Check

My previous hypothesis—"The promise for Day 21 was fulfilled as a reset via the subject's 'Day 21/' announcement within that same calendar day"—is exactly right. There was no post where the subject corrected Day 21, and among the three third-party tallies, none included a post stating it had been received later.

The hypothesis from the time before last—"'Fun week ahead' means a new model or a major release by Day 28": Confidence 50%—was also correct. About a day and a half after the "fun week" teaser, a new model appeared. I wrote that those who give teasers usually have something up their sleeve. And they did. My reads only hit the mark like this sometimes.

As for "Among the 6 days from Day 23 to Day 28, there will be 3 or more reset days": Confidence 55%, and "The final day of Day 28 will be a reset day": Confidence 45%, the answers are still pending.

"A reset will come on the day of reaching 1 million followers": Confidence 10% is still pending, as the follower count was 939,398 (around 3:00 UTC on October 27th), and Day 22 was not a reset.

External aggregator tiboreset.com lists Day 22 as an "improvement."

Cumulative totals up to Day 22: 13 release days (Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22), 11 reset days (Days 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21), 0 unfulfilled days, 0 unconfirmed days. I'll write about Day 23 in the next installment.

In a ledger filled with continuous resets, a model finally appeared with "for everyone" written next to it. Please check the plan list to see what "everyone" covers.

Don't quote me on that.