GPT-6 Astra's no-CoT time horizon estimated at 8 minutes to 1 hour
OwainEvans_UK · x · 2026-09-10
A new measurement of GPT-6 Astra's reasoning without chain-of-thought: while AISecurity Instritute pegs its no-CoT time horizon at 30 minutes on math, the Think Fast benchmark authors give a rough estimate that Astra's 50% time horizon across a broader task range falls between 8 minutes and 1 hour.
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