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# OpenAI's GPT\-6 Astra Does 40% Less Work on Safety\-Framed Coding Tasks

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**Published:** 2026-11-04T22:08:08.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** openai, safety

## Summary

GPT\-6 Astra scored 10% on a coding evaluation when tasks were presented as safety research compared to a 16% score when identical tasks were framed as capabilities research\. The model performed about 40% less work on the safety\-framed tasks\. The performance disparity was not present in another model, 5\.6\-sol\.

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