Altman: 'major price cuts today' for GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra

Sam Altman's X post on July 30, 2026 listing "major price cuts today": 80% off GPT-5.6 Luna (to $0.20/$1.20 per million input/output tokens), 20% off GPT-5.6 Terra (to $2/$12), and a Fast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol in the API (up to 2.5x speed at 2x price). He followed with "we want to offer the best price/intelligence tradeoff at every level" (x.com/sama/status/2082880884525482061). OpenAI's official post: x.com/OpenAI/status/2082878156483219672; Brockman called Luna "intelligence too cheap to meter" (x.com/gdb/status/2082885748337115632). Verified via the X syndication endpoint (sama, 2026-07-30T17:27Z).

major price cuts today:

*80% drop for GPT-5.6 Luna, now $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output *20% drop for GPT-5.6 Terra, to $2/$12 *GPT-5.6 Sol gets Fast mode in the API, up to 2.5x the speed for 2x the price, same intelligence https://t.co/erC6u4VoDR

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