OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, first model it deems "critical" as Brockman declares AGI era
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-04
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, its most capable model yet, with President Greg Brockman calling it the start of the "AGI era." Astra tops math, coding, and cybersecurity benchmarks, is the first model OpenAI rates "critical" under its safety framework, and independently discovered two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities during testing.
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