{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/simon-willison-shares-gpt-6-1-sol-pelicans-from-openai-devday-2026","json":"https://digestai.news/story/simon-willison-shares-gpt-6-1-sol-pelicans-from-openai-devday-2026.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/simon-willison-shares-gpt-6-1-sol-pelicans-from-openai-devday-2026.md","slug":"simon-willison-shares-gpt-6-1-sol-pelicans-from-openai-devday-2026","headline":"Simon Willison shares GPT-6.1 Sol pelicans from OpenAI DevDay 2026","summary":"Simon Willison posted a comment on Hacker News linking to his live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote. He shared SVG renderings of GPT-6.1-Sol pelicans, noting they are not notably different from the GPT-6 family pelicans. The post includes links to his live blog, the pelican images, and a grid of GPT pelicans. Tags associated with the post include AI, OpenAI, generative AI, LLMs, pelican-riding-a-bicycle, and GPT.","keyPoints":["Simon Willison commented on Hacker News about GPT-6.1 Sol","He shared SVG pelican images from OpenAI DevDay 2026","The pelicans are not notably different from the GPT-6 family"],"whyItMatters":"The post shows community engagement with OpenAI's latest model release through visual artifacts shared by a known AI commentator.","category":{"slug":"research","name":"Research","url":"https://digestai.news/category/research"},"entities":{"companies":["OpenAI"],"models":["GPT-6.1-Sol","GPT-6"],"people":["Simon Willison"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T18:27:48Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T18:27:48Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"Simon Willison","title":"GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price","url":"https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/29/hn-49898129","publishedAt":"2026-09-29T18:27:48Z","type":"newsletter","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":{"title":"AI Language Model Showdown Gemini Claude GPT","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/gemini-praised-for-natural-japanese-text-claude-excels-at-highlevel-thinking","storyCount":3},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Simon Willison shares GPT-6.1 Sol pelicans from OpenAI DevDay 2026\", 29 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/simon-willison-shares-gpt-6-1-sol-pelicans-from-openai-devday-2026","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Simon Willison shares GPT-6.1 Sol pelicans from OpenAI DevDay 2026","datePublished":"2026-09-29T18:27:48Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/simon-willison-shares-gpt-6-1-sol-pelicans-from-openai-devday-2026"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}