Model releaseModerate global significanceConfirmed confidence
OpenAI releases GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini
OpenAI releases GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini for low-latency voice and multimodal interaction.
What happened
Event details
This model is the smaller reasoning model in the GPT-Realtime-2.1 series. It supports tool calling and improves alphanumeric recognition compared with GPT-Realtime-2.
Assessment
Why it matters
A published model record with a documented capability or availability change.
59/100Global significance score. Regional effects are recorded only when the evidence supports a meaningful difference.
Availability
Access notes
Available through OpenAI's Realtime API.