GPT-6 Astra beats Factorio: Space Age after 165+ hours of in-game time
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-09-18
Eval firm ValsAI reports that GPT-6 Astra has beaten Factorio: Space Age, accumulating over 165 hours of in-game time across roughly 2 days of wall-clock time.
Space Age adds six planets and takes humans about 10-20x longer than the base game, making this a notable demonstration of long-horizon planning and autonomous execution by an AI agent.
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