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GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

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OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development.

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Timeline · 16 reports

  1. 2026-09-05 23:41 · r/singularity
    GPT-6 Astra Has Beaten Portal, Becoming the First Model to Achieve This.
  2. 2026-09-05 13:13 · r/singularity
    Signs of AGI? GPT-6 Astra scored 95% on a robot control task vs Fable 5.1's 40%
  3. 2026-09-04 22:11 · TestingCatalog AI News
    OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra across ChatGPT and API
  4. 2026-09-04 20:14 · Fireship
    Did OpenAI actually build AGI? GPT-6 Astra first look
  5. 2026-09-04 15:20 · r/artificial
    GPT-6 Astra looks less like “AGI” and more like a serious test of computer-use agents
  6. 2026-09-04 09:42 · InfoWorld AI
    OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its first model to cross a critical cybersecurity threshold
  7. 2026-09-03 21:36 · Mashable AI
    OpenAI officially launches GPT-6 Astra, a boundary-breaking new model
  8. 2026-09-03 21:30 · Unite.AI
    OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra, Its First Model Rated Critical for Cybersecurity
  9. 2026-09-03 21:16 · MarkTechPost
    OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: A 1.05M-Context Computer-Use Model Gated Behind a Critical' Cyber Threshold
  10. 2026-09-03 18:10 · r/agi
    OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra as Brockman declares the 'AGI era' has begun
  11. 2026-09-03 18:10 · r/ChatGPT
    GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
  12. 2026-09-03 18:09 · r/OpenAI
    GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
  13. 2026-09-03 18:06 · Wired AI
    GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
  14. 2026-09-03 18:04 · r/OpenAI
    "Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts
  15. 2026-09-03 18:04 · r/singularity
    "Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts
  16. 2026-09-03 18:02 · The New Stack AI
    OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says welcome to the AGI era

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