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GPT-Rosalind
Access requires OpenAI trusted-access approval; ordinary API keys will be refused.
Model idgpt-rosalind-research
Price$5 in, $25 out per 1M tokens
Checked13 October 2026
No published training cutoff
At least1,874events since its release on 17 April 2026
84 historic, 429 major. 210 days of news.
OpenAI doesn’t publish a training cutoff, so we count from its release date. The real gap is larger.
How to call it
3 ways to use GPT-Rosalind, with the model id each provider expects.
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API (trusted access only) | gpt-rosalind-research |
https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions |
help.openai.com |
| OpenAI API (listed on the pricing page since Oct 2026; not announced, access terms unknown) | gpt-rosalind-discovery |
developers.openai.com | |
| ChatGPT / Codex (eligible organisations) | openai.com |
Pricing
| Input | $5 per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Cached input | $0.50 per 1M tokens |
| Output | $25 per 1M tokens |
As published: “per 1M tokens (USD); billed from 2026-10-05”.
Source: developers.openai.com, checked 13 October 2026.
Specs
- Input
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Context window
- Not published
- Max output
- Not published
- Open weights
- No
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Training cutoff
- Not published
- Released
- 17 April 2026
- Status
- Current
- Type
- Reasoning model
What stands out
What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.
Life-sciences specialist reasoning
Tuned for genomics, protein and sequence analysis, medicinal chemistry, literature synthesis, wet-lab troubleshooting and experiment planning; OpenAI reports BixBench pass@1 0.751 at launch and LabWorkBench 63.2% (vs GPT-5.5 55.8%) after the June update.
Trusted-access dual-use deployment
Callable only by vetted organisations with an approved research deployment; a Rosalind Biodefense programme extends access to US government and allied public-health partners.
Notes
Research preview 17 Apr 2026; rebuilt on GPT-5.5 on 3 June 2026 (OpenAI says 31% fewer tokens than GPT-5.5); out of preview globally 11 Sept 2026. Context window and max output not published. Pricing per OpenAI’s pricing page ‘Life Sciences’ section, as quoted by TokenCost and the Portkey model registry (PR #953); not read directly on openai.com (403). Verified 2026-10-05 on developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing (‘Life Sciences’ row: $5.00 / $0.50 cached / $25.00; ‘Billing for gpt-rosalind-research begins on October 5, 2026. Cache-write pricing does not apply’; access limited to approved internal research through the trusted-access program). Free Codex Life Sciences plugin connects any model to 50+ scientific tools.
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