What changed in AI this week, and what it means here

New models, papers and reports, read for enterprises and brands in Indonesia. Each piece links to its sources.

  1. Release

    GPT-6.1 Terra runs desktop tasks at half the API price of GPT-5.6 Terra

    OpenAI's new fast, low-cost model operates software on screen and costs 50% less per token than GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol. For back-office teams, the cost of automating screen-based work just dropped.

    Intelligent Automation

    Launch card with the words GPT-6.1 and Terra on either side of the Earth seen from space
  2. Release

    Databricks now runs GPU training beside your data. 1 job went from 7 days to 48 hours

    AI Runtime is now generally available. Training data, checkpoints and logs follow the same access rules as the company's other data.

    Data to Intelligence

    Databricks AI Runtime launch graphic: a network of connected chip icons beside the words "Train and fine-tune models faster"
  3. Release

    ChatGPT Ads are live in Indonesia. 100,000+ advertisers have used them worldwide

    OpenAI now sells ads in 89 countries. Its system picks ads from the whole conversation, and shows none when nothing fits.

    Marketing Transformation

    OpenAI card reading "ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and Taiwan" on a soft pink and violet background
  4. Release

    GoTo's open model reads Balinese and Batak Toba, and runs on 1 GPU

    Built with AI Singapore on Google's Gemma 3, it covers 6 languages, so Indonesian companies can test regional-language AI without sending customer data abroad.

    AI Transformation

    Four people on a stage raising their fists in front of a large Sahabat-AI sign