OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGI

In brief

• OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, which president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap" and the arrival of AGI.
• Astra is the first model OpenAI has designated "critical" under its Preparedness Framework for cybersecurity.
• The model scored 100% on ExploitBench and discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in Google's V8 engine during testing.

OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-6 Astra, a model president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap in capability" and the arrival of artificial general intelligence, or AGI.

In a press briefing, Brockman told reporters he believes Astra meets the bar for AGI, which means artificial intelligence that can match or exceed human capabilities. “Welcome to the AGI era,” he said, after introducing the company’s most-capable model to date.

If accurate, it would mean AI agents would come closer to doing the complex reasoning work humans can do, or more, across various different tasks. Brockman also acknowledged that Astra is the first system the company has rated capable of autonomously hacking well-protected systems without human guidance, raising safety and security concerns.

Astra is OpenAI's first model to cross the "critical" threshold under its Preparedness Framework, the company's internal scoring system for dangerous capabilities.