By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade human monitoring,

The numbers on OpenAI's blog about Astra kept changing. In some cases, the changes made Astra look better and rival models look worse.

OpenAI said companies participating in its application-based cybersecurity program will be first to get access to Astra.

Safety researchers say OpenAI's Astra reasons less in visible text. Its chief scientist co-authored the 2025 paper asking developers to report this.

OpenAI says access has reached Plus and Business subscribers, but the new model is not available in every ChatGPT mode.

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra with advanced computer-use capabilities as Greg Brockman declared the “AGI era” has arrived, though major questions remain.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT 6 Astra for complex professional workflows. The new AI model reduces task completion time by 47 percent for users.

OpenAI's Astra model can order food, list items on eBay, and create games. Its demo has some users comparing the AI the dystopian world of "WALL-E."