OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra to Pro, Enterprise, Business Premium users

GPT-6 Astra is now available to all Pro, Enterprise, and Business Premium users in ChatGPT Work and Codex, and in the API. Rollout to Plus and Business users begins next. OpenAI apologizes for the messy rollout and will give one banked reset for each day of delayed access.
How this story unfolded
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- Sep 1
OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilitieswired.com
OpenAI Will Limit Access to New Astra Model’s Cybersecurity Featuresbloomberg.com
Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguardsopenai.com
OpenAI says Astra AI model is its first that crosses 'Critical' cybersecurity capabilitycnbc.com
OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hacktheverge.com
Open AI’s Astra model is on the way—and very good at breaking into computer systemstechcrunch.com
- Sep 2
OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Thresholdsecurityweek.com
Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra releasetheverge.com
OpenAI's Astra Becomes Its First AI Model With 'Critical' Hacking Abilitiesdecrypt.co
OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety expertstechcrunch.com
Your next OpenAI API timeout might not be a timeout at allthenewstack.io
- Sep 3
Playco cut manual fixes 50% prototyping games with GPT-6 Astraopenai.com
Legora reviewed 41 documents in minutes with GPT-6 Astraopenai.com
'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astraventurebeat.com
OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new modeltechcrunch.com
OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’theverge.com
GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Erawired.com
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says welcome to the “AGI era”thenewstack.io
OpenAI begins rolling out Astra model after warning of its advanced cyber capabilitiescnbc.com
OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-6 Astra Model With Added Cyber Guardrailsbloomberg.com
GPT-6 Astra aced the hardest AI benchmark. The asterisk matters more than the score.thenewstack.io
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGIdecrypt.co
Introducing GPT-6 Astra: the most intelligent and aligned model in the world.youtube.com
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on ARC-AGI-3arcprize.org
OpenAI's Altman Says Astra Model Took Longer Than Hopedbloomberg.com
GPT‑6 Astrasimonwillison.net
OpenAI's Sam Altman on Astra Model Debut, Benefits of AIbloomberg.com
Safety overview: GPT-6 Astraopenai.com
What GPT-6 Astra Can Doyoutube.com
GPT-6 is HERE!youtube.com
ASTRA IS HERE (GPT-6 RELEASED)youtube.com
GPT-6 IS HERE!!! (ASTRA)youtube.com
GPT-6 Astra: an automated AI Engineer you can hire for <$6 an hourlatent.space
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: A 1.05M-Context Computer-Use Model Gated Behind a ‘Critical’ Cyber Thresholdmarktechpost.com
First impressions of GPT-6 Astra from developersyoutube.com
OpenAI’s Altman Unveils Astra as a New Step Toward AGI | The Close 9/3/2026bloomberg.com
GPT-6 Astra Is Finally Here (And It’s REALLY Good)youtube.com
Hot take on GPT-6 Astragarymarcus.substack.com
EVOLUTIONARY OR REVOLUTIONARY?: What blew Sam Altman away about Astrayoutube.com
- Sep 4
[AINews] GPT-6 Astra: OpenAI’s biggest LLM launch of all timelatent.space
GPT-6 Astra Scores 100% on ExploitBench as OpenAI Blocks PoC Exploit Requeststhehackernews.com
Sam Altman apologizes for ‘messy’ GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out paying userstheverge.com
GPT 6 Astra, so good even OpenAI are worriedyoutube.com
It's Here.youtube.com
OpenAI will sell you Astra, but not the system that scored 98.6% on ARC-AGI-3thenewstack.io
GPT-6 Astra: Too Goodthealgorithmicbridge.com
“Sorry for the messy rollout”: OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, but developers are locked outthenewstack.io
OpenAI Rolls Out Its Most Advanced Model Yetbloomberg.com
3 Things to Try With GPT-6 Astrayoutube.com
I've had early access to Astra... it's INSANEyoutube.com
GPT 6 Astra now available on Vercel AI Gatewayvercel.com
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