OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra as Brockman declares the 'AGI era' has begun

The flagship costs 2.5 times more than GPT-5.6 Sol, reaches cyber customers first and produces reasoning OpenAI says is harder to monitor.

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Primary source: The Verge

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Astra turns OpenAI's agent pitch into a governance test: customers must decide how much system access to give a model OpenAI considers capable of finding zero-days.

A luminous, complex holographic projection of an advanced neural network, representing GPT-6 Astra, glows within a vast, futuristic data chamber.

OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-6 Astra to cybersecurity customers, The Verge reported Thursday, and co-founder and president Greg Brockman (@GregBrockman) is already marking the model as a historical break.…

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