Codex leak labels OpenAI's Astra as GPT-6 ahead of release
Two model IDs appeared in a Codex Desktop feature flag two days after OpenAI said Astra would be available soon.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
The Codex entries provide the clearest link yet between Astra and the GPT-6 brand, while pointing to a rollout shaped by unusually strict controls on autonomous and cybersecurity work.
A screenshot posted on September 3rd lists two previously undocumented model IDs inside a Codex Desktop feature flag: gpt-6-astra and gpt-6-astra-aeon. The strings connect OpenAI's confirmed Astra model to the GPT-6 name for the first time, though they do not establish that either model is available to users.…
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