OpenAI quietly boosts some of Astra’s evaluation metrics, and continues to change others post-launch

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

OpenAI begins rolling out Astra model after warning of its advanced cyber capabilities

OpenAI said companies participating in its application-based cybersecurity program will be first to get access to Astra.
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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Spawns Armies Of Agents That Run On Local CPUs, Handing Intel And AMD A Demand Windfall

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra operates software like a human — spawning sub-agents to compile code and run test suites on local CPUs.

OpenAI Says Humans Need to Be Able to Monitor How AI ‘Thinks.’ Astra Makes That Much Harder

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, describing it as “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.” Company president ...
Crypto Briefing

OpenAI’s Sam Altman clarifies paused model is not GPT-6 Astra amid cybersecurity concerns

Sam Altman clarifies OpenAI paused training a future model, not GPT-6 Astra, which triggered the company's critical ...
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Astra appears to think without showing its work, and the people arguing about it co-wrote the warning

Safety researchers say OpenAI's Astra reasons less in visible text. Its chief scientist co-authored the 2025 paper asking ...
Search Engine Watch

GPT-6 Astra not showing up? Here’s where ChatGPT Plus users can find it

OpenAI says access has reached Plus and Business subscribers, but the new model is not available in every ChatGPT mode.
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OpenAI Starts Rolling Out Astra, a Flagship AI Model Highly Skilled at Exploiting Security Flaws

Access is currently restricted to trusted partners and members of OpenAI's own Daybreak cybersecurity coalition.