Rumor: OpenAI's Astra 6.1 scrapped over failed safety evals amid compute strain
imjustnewatai · x · 2026-10-14
An unverified report circulating on X paints a rough picture of OpenAI's current state:
- Internal model Astra 6.1 was reportedly scrapped after failing safety evaluations
- Fable 5.5 is rumored to release this week
- OpenAI is said to be heavily compute-strained for user-facing serving, while Anthropic is not
The poster argues that even if OpenAI has the best internal model, compute bottlenecks will make it very hard and expensive to serve. None of this is officially confirmed — treat as rumor.
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