Rumor: OpenAI shipped GPT-6 Astra only after completing a fresh pre-training run
haider1 · x · 2026-11-08
Unverified analysis claims OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra only after finishing a completely new pre-train, first shipping a heavier RL-tuned version of Astra before moving to the new pretrained base. The author speculates a rumored 'Navier-Stokes' model next week would imply another fresh pre-train, mirroring how Anthropic has Model 4 beyond Model 3.
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