OpenAI releasing major upgrade to ChatGPT and Codex with GPT-6 Astra, details here

It’s been just over a year since OpenAI released the first GPT-5 models for ChatGPT. Now it’s time for GPT-6 Astra to upgrade ChatGPT and Codex capabilities. Details below.

GPT-6 Astra details

OpenAI has officially detailed its new model, GPT-6 Astra, which it calls “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.”

Here’s more from the official announcement today:

GPT‑6 Astra brings together years of research and big bets across pre-training, reinforcement learning, and alignment. Astra is state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, science, and professional work. Astra saturates FrontierMath Tier 4 with a 98% score, having already helped solve long-standing open problems⁠ in mathematics. Astra also saturates ARC-AGI-3 with a 99.9% score and ExploitBench with a 100% score. It also sets a new frontier on computer and browser use, handling the most demanding professional work with unmatched speed, accuracy, and judgment. 

OpenAI goes further on how GPT-6 improves computer use, which allows ChatGPT to use your Mac or other desktop, including in the background while you work:

GPT‑6 Astra pairs advances in computer use with targeted training for professional environments, to help tackle complex work tasks. It combines the intelligence required for complex problems with the ability to carry out multistep workflows and produce polished documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.