Fans worry Opus 5.5 leapfrogs Astra 6 as pressure mounts on OpenAI
rickasaurus · x · 2026-09-23
A widely shared take argues OpenAI is under pressure after Anthropic's Opus 5.5 outperformed Astra 6, with the stronger Fable-Next still to come — the author fears OpenAI becoming a 'cheap-and-fast models king' like Google and hopes DevDay and a cheaper 6.1 Astra can close the gap.
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