GPT-6 Astra hands-on: fixes GPT's frontend weakness, users mull canceling a subscription
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-09-06
The author explains why GPT-6 Astra is being called a "generational leap": it fixes GPT's biggest weakness, frontend work, feeling better than Fable 5.1 at design, one-shot games, and tool/computer use.
Having personally paid for both Claude Max and ChatGPT Pro, the author says it may finally be time to cancel one of the two subscriptions.
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