OpenAI's Astra 6.2 rumored next week; 28 days of Codex upgrades seen as launch strategy
haider1 · x · 2026-11-01
Speculation that OpenAI's Astra 6.2 drops next week reframes the past 28 days of Codex upgrades — larger context windows, better subagents, generous usage boosts — as part of the launch strategy, positioning it against Anthropic's 5.5 lineup including fable 5.5. The author reads the temporary doubling of usage limits as a sign the new model will be expensive to run. Unconfirmed rumor.
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