Analyst Confirms GPT-6 Astra Reverse-Engineers Binaries Without Source Code
BenBajarin · x · 2026-09-04
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra press release claims it can reverse engineer software binaries to understand logic without source code at a high success rate. Analyst Ben Bajarin says he can confirm it: he noticed the model doing exactly this while optimizing and fixing apps.
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