OpenAI's new Astra, Sol and Luna checkpoints are image models, not general models

Token Gremlin @TokenGremlinOriginally posted 2026.10.18

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Good morning, my friends. Got some slightly disappointing OpenAI news for a lot of you. Yesterday, people were hyping up the idea that next-gen Astra, Sol, and Luna models were coming, but the RGB models are actually image models. I mean, OBVIOUSLY!!!!! (Was I the only one who caught that right away?) So yeah, OpenAI still hasn't uploaded any new general-purpose model checkpoints for us to test. JUST IMAGE MODELS. OpenAI seriously needs to wake up and listen to our feedback. We need a real answer to Opus 5.5. I KNOW this team can pull it off, and I genuinely love them. WAKE UP, OPENAI!