New OpenAI hire says joining the week 'Astra' shipped felt like infinite gpt-6 tokens
yungcontent · x · 2026-09-06
A new OpenAI employee shares that joining the same week an internal project codenamed "Astra" shipped felt like spawning "infinite gpt-6 tokens." The post offers a small unconfirmed glimpse of OpenAI's internal codenames.
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