GPT-6 Astra enters the Short-Story Creative Writing Benchmark at #3

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Astra (high) decisively outperforms GPT-5.6 Sol (high): 2.5 → 3.5. Muse Spark 1.3 rebounds from 1.2: 0.2 → 0.7. More info: https://github.com/lechmazur/writing/ The Creative Writing Benchmark tests how well models turn constrained briefs into complete 600-800-word stories. Each brief requires 10 el…