OpenAI engineer reveals 3 new bio-capability evals shipped with GPT-6 Astra
KadriJibraan · x · 2026-09-04
An OpenAI engineer shares that GPT-6 Astra is the first launch she contributed to since joining. The team added 3 new evals to the Preparedness framework measuring advanced biocapabilities — from protein function prediction to reasoning about coronavirus to modeling bacterial co-evolution — calling it a pivotal moment for safety work.
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