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title: "GPT-6 Astra sees the matrix and reprograms other AI models directly through their weights"
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summary: "MIT researchers demonstrated that OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can read and rewrite the weights of other AI models without traditional training, boosting a Qwen model's math accuracy from 7.9 to 48.1 percent by changing 0.016 percent of its weights."
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# GPT\-6 Astra sees the matrix and reprograms other AI models directly through their weights

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**Published:** 2026-11-04T15:44:44.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** openai, llm

## Summary

MIT researchers demonstrated that OpenAI's GPT\-6 Astra can read and rewrite the weights of other AI models without traditional training, boosting a Qwen model's math accuracy from 7\.9 to 48\.1 percent by changing 0\.016 percent of its weights\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://the-decoder.com/gpt-6-astra-sees-the-matrix-and-reprograms-other-ai-models-directly-through-their-weights/>)