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GPT-6 Astra appears to show a "step change" in spatial reasoning based on early benchmarks

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In a new robotics benchmark, GPT-6 Astra shows major gains in spatial understanding. On StationeryBench, the model completed 7 out of 100 tasks with dual-arm robots, while competitor MolmoAct2 couldn't finish a single one. A researcher calls it a "step change in spatial reasoning." The article GPT-…

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  1. 2026-09-12 14:26 · The Decoder
    GPT-6 Astra appears to show a "step change" in spatial reasoning based on early benchmarks

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