--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "91e37de73e0ce2c13996cd05336b8ee84820baeefcd26e7fc9801c25517f0381" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/91e37de7?lang=en" title: "OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra With 98.6% ARC AGI Score to Start AGI Era" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-03T18:55:35.000Z" category: null topics: ["openai","gpt","arc-agi-2","benchmark","llm","reasoning","microsoft","cloud"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-openai-launches-gpt-6-astra-with-986percent-arc-agi-score-to-star-81996383","https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2095527557924082061","https://x.com/axios/status/2095572714392101348","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2095574304952033661","https://x.com/steph_palazzolo/status/2095572881962848714","https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2095573400899170592","https://x.com/TheRundownAI/status/2095574445368754601","https://x.com/ChatGPT/status/2095527989077557738"] summary: "OpenAI president Greg Brockman introduced a new set of agent capabilities with GPT-6 Astra, a flagship model designed to create 3D environments, design circuit boards, and handle financial modeling. The system was trained on 100,000 GPUs at the company's Stargate site in Texas and costs $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. API and AWS users, along with ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers, gain access in the coming days. The model's written reasoning solves tasks in fewer visible steps than GPT-5.6 Sol, which OpenAI says makes the process harder to monitor. Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach a \"Critical\" cybersecurity threshold, achieving a 100% success rate on Exploit-Bench. The most advanced cyber features are restricted to trusted organizations through the Daybreak Access program because the model can discover and exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities. CEO Sam Altman stated that future model releases will be paced by alignment progress rather than capability, though he described Astra as the first model to invent new things in a way that matters." --- # OpenAI Launches GPT\-6 Astra With 98\.6% ARC AGI Score to Start AGI Era > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-03T18:55:35.000Z **Topics:** openai, gpt, arc\-agi\-2, benchmark, llm, reasoning, microsoft, cloud ## Summary OpenAI president Greg Brockman introduced a new set of agent capabilities with GPT\-6 Astra, a flagship model designed to create 3D environments, design circuit boards, and handle financial modeling\. The system was trained on 100,000 GPUs at the company's Stargate site in Texas and costs $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens\. API and AWS users, along with ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers, gain access in the coming days\. The model's written reasoning solves tasks in fewer visible steps than GPT\-5\.6 Sol, which OpenAI says makes the process harder to monitor\. Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach a "Critical" cybersecurity threshold, achieving a 100% success rate on Exploit\-Bench\. The most advanced cyber features are restricted to trusted organizations through the Daybreak Access program because the model can discover and exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities\. CEO Sam Altman stated that future model releases will be paced by alignment progress rather than capability, though he described Astra as the first model to invent new things in a way that matters\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()