Altman on Bloomberg: Astra finished training a while ago, the paused run was a future model
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-04
Sam Altman said on Bloomberg TV that Astra has been done training for a while, and that the recently paused training run was a "future model" — not Astra — clarifying recent speculation about paused training efforts.
Related event: OpenAI launches flagship GPT-6 Astra to rave reviews and pricing debates(190 posts)→
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