Full video: Altman discusses internal post-Astra model surpassing top mathematicians
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-16
This post links to the full video of Sam Altman's conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Key claim: GPT-5.5 is about as good as an average math professor, GPT-5.6 a top 1-2 percentile professor, Astra slightly better — and an internal model past Astra can solve problems the world's best mathematicians cannot.
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