OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra for coding and computer use
The model rolls out to select organizations, paid ChatGPT tiers, AWS, and the API at $10 per million input and $50 per million output tokens.
- Scores 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3, 97.6% on FrontierMath Tier 4, 100% on ExploitBench, 75.2% on DeepSWE v1.1, and 72.6% on OSWorld 2.0 Offline.
- Reproduces bugs, traces root causes across files, applies patches, reruns test suites, and converts visual designs into front-end code.
- Navigates application menus, inputs data, and inspects visual screen output to complete local desktop tasks without internet access.
- Introduces persistent notes across context windows in Codex rather than summarizing history through standard context compaction.
- Features an API Fast mode providing double processing speed at double pricing, Zero Data Retention, and default restrictions on offensive exploit generation.
Developers and enterprise users gain an autonomous agent capable of directly operating desktop software, writing code, and maintaining persistent context.
