OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra: Better Computer Use and Async Tool Calling
OpenAI · youtube · 2026-09-05
OpenAI has officially released GPT-6 Astra, its latest frontier model aimed at tasks where raw intelligence matters. Key points:
- Improved Computer Use: stronger performance operating computers to complete tasks
- Stronger creative and knowledge-work outputs
- New asynchronous tool calling and steering in the Responses API
The announcement video features Charlie Guo, Developer Experience Engineer at OpenAI; details in the official blog post.
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