GPT-6.2 Astra Spotted in Codex Usage Analytics as OpenAI Quietly A/B Tests New Model
kimmonismus · x · 2026-11-01
Token Gremlin reports that OpenAI is quietly A/B testing a variant called GPT-6.2 Astra: the model picker still says GPT-6 Astra, but usage breakdowns for some accounts now list gpt-6.2-astra separately, with multiple users seeing the same thing — a gray rollout, not a glitch. kimmonismus expects a release very soon, possibly in response to Fable 5.5 and Anthropic's IPO.
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