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Morning Edition · Thursday, October 22, 2026Published at 2:23 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI Brings GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna to Google Cloud as It Tightens Rules for Model Resellers
Google Cloud customers can now spend existing committed contracts on OpenAI models, and from November 20 any router or AI gateway that offers OpenAI models will need OpenAI's approval.
OpenAI and Google Cloud announced on October 21 that OpenAI's frontier models and Codex agent workflows will be available in Vertex AI Model Garden and sold through Google Cloud Marketplace. GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are rolli…
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