OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, disclosing that the new flagship model has crossed the “Critical” threshold for cybersecurity risk under its Preparedness Framework, a classification the company said triggers additional deployment restrictions.

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

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra to ChatGPT subscribers, scoring 100% on ExploitBench and completing tasks 47% faster than GPT-5.6 Sol amid early

While OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra is making a big splash in the AI world with its debut, it was far from the only one to be announced this week. When there’s a new, updated model seemingly every other day, it’s hard to stay up to date, let alone be excited, but the onslaught of new offerings is something to note.

OpenAI has unveiled GPT-6 Astra, calling it its most intelligent and aligned AI model yet. While the company says the model sets new benchmarks in coding, scientific reasoning, computer use and cybersecurity,

OpenAI's Greg Brockman says the AGI era begins today, as the GPT-6 Astra scores 100 percent on ExploitBench and 98.6 percent on ARC-AGI-3.

On September 3rd, 2026, significant outages plagued major AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok, leaving many users unable to access their services. This interruption coincided with heightened discussions surrounding OpenAI's forthcoming AI model.

OpenAI confirms full service restoration after a September 3 outage hit 15 ChatGPT and Codex components, raising reliability concerns ahead of