OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, claiming it can do anything you can on a computer
max_paperclips · x · 2026-09-04
OpenAI officially unveiled GPT-6 Astra, marketed with the claim that "anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you. Fast." — positioning it as a general-purpose computer-use agent. Commentary online also notes OpenAI's increasingly aggressive model naming style (e.g. "Astra").
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