OpenAI's 'ChatGPT Astra' rumored for Thursday release with AGI-level capabilities
VraserX · x · 2026-08-18
OpenAI is reportedly set to release a new model called "ChatGPT Astra" this Thursday, described as their next major model following GPT-4.
Rumored capabilities include:
- Breakthroughs on 10 long-standing math and CS problems
- Massive jump in agentic coding abilities
- Cyber capabilities potentially reaching OpenAI's "Critical" threshold
- Ability to produce genuinely novel scientific/mathematical research
If the public version matches the internal one, the release is expected to cause significant chaos, with many likely to label it AGI.
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