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OpenAI has released GPT-5.1 via API, positioned as an upgrade to GPT-5 with faster adaptive reasoning and improved coding performance. The release introduces new developer-facing tools including apply_patch and shell, along with extended prompt caching support. The announcement targets developers building on the OpenAI API platform.
OpenAI describes how it built an agent runtime by combining the Responses API with a shell tool and hosted containers, enabling agents to operate with persistent files, tools, and state. The architecture supports secure, scalable execution of agentic workflows. This represents a concrete infrastructure layer for deploying agents in production environments.