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Sam Altman apologizes for messy' GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out paying users

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Just hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, CEO Sam Altman was already apologizing for what he describes as a "messy rollout" after paying users expecting access to the new frontier model were left waiting. The company hailed the model as a "generational leap in capability" on Thursday and descri…

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  1. 2026-09-04 10:41 · The Verge AI
    Sam Altman apologizes for messy' GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out paying users

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