OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Solves Unsolved DEF CON Puzzle Using Parallel Research Branches
OpenAI · youtube · 2026-09-05
OpenAI released a video of Ben Davis testing GPT-6 Astra on DEF CON's hardest puzzle challenges. Its parallel research branches let the model test theories and stay on track, solving one puzzle no one else had solved.
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