OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, and one of its founders thinks AGI is here

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Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DROpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, with stronger capabilities in software engineering, computer use, and cybersecurity.Astra is OpenAI’s first model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold and is more jailbreak-resistant than GPT-5.6 Sol.OpenAI isn’t officially calling Astra AGI, but its president says he personally thinks “we’re there.”OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest flagship AI model and what the company describes as the most capable model it has deployed to date. Astra brings notable gains in areas such as software engineering, computer use, and cybersecurity, and it will roll out to paid ChatGPT users and the API over the coming week. And while OpenAI isn’t officially calling this AGI, one of its founders now says he personally thinks we’ve reached that point.As reported by TechCrunch, OpenAI is particularly talking up Astra’s ability to use computers and browsers, while president Greg Brockman described it as the company’s most intelligent model yet. The company also reckons Astra is its best model so far for software engineering, with testing showing improvements in areas like bug detection and working with codebases.