GPT-6 Astra excels at spatial and agentic tasks, but writing regresses

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3 at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output, 2.5 times the price of GPT-5.6 Sol. Testers praised its computer use and spatial abilities but rated its writing below its predecessor, with an ~80 Elo drop on a professional-work benchmark.
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