# OpenAI introduces GPT-4.1 in the API

> OpenAI released GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano in the API, describing gains in coding, instruction following, and long-context use. The announcement specified a one-million-token context window for the series and differentiated API availability from ChatGPT products within stated service limits, pricing, and deployment conditions.

Canonical: https://hypler.com/ai-news/openai-gpt-4-1-api-2025
Hypler publication: 2026-10-06
Original source date: 2025-04-14
Publisher: OpenAI
Article kind: source-briefing
Category: Models
Tags: OpenAI, long-context, coding

## Engineering relevance

Long-context capacity should not be treated as long-context accuracy. Hypler can test retrieval, prompt construction, cost, and degradation across realistic document sizes before choosing a model.

## Original source

- [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/gpt-4-1/)

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