New Announcements at OpenAI DevDay 2026

Serdar HocamAuthor & Editor

At the annual event held in San Francisco, the Dots AI agent, the GPT-6.1 Sol model, and a new $500 per month ChatGPT Pro subscription tier were introduced.

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OpenAI DevDay 2026: The biggest news and announcements

At the annual OpenAI DevDay 2026 event held in San Francisco, CEO Sam Altman announced the company's new AI agent Dots, the GPT-6.1 Sol model, and the $500 per month ChatGPT Pro plan, while revealing that the platform has reached 1.2 billion weekly users.

New AI Agent Dots Introduced

OpenAI's new AI agent product, Dots, was developed as a rival to Meta's Muse tool and will initially be made available to users on paid subscription plans.

GPT-6.1 Sol Model and User Data

In addition to the new GPT-6.1 Sol model announced by the company, it was revealed that the ChatGPT platform's weekly active user count has reached 1.2 billion people.

New $500 Per Month ChatGPT Pro Package

It was shared with participants and subscribers that the new ChatGPT Pro subscription tier announced during the event will cost $500 per month.

Security Issues and Physical Hardware Efforts

Sam Altman stated that they will not go public until the models are made safe, while it was stated that the physical AI hardware efforts being carried out in partnership with former Apple designer Jony Ive will not ship before February 2027.