AI is getting better at doing real science while becoming dramatically cheaper. GPT-6 Astra takes #1 in scientific research, beating Claude Sonnet 5.5 while using 22× fewer tokens. GPT-6.1 Sol also beats Sonnet at nearly 1/10th the cost. Scientific research is starting to scale with compute.
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AI is getting better at doing real science while becoming dramatically cheaper. GPT-6 Astra takes #1 in scientific research, beating Claude Sonnet 5.5 while using 22× fewer tokens. GPT-6.1 Sol also beats Sonnet at nearly 1/10th the cost. Scientific research is starting to scale with compute.
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