> The company also emphasized that the model is faster and more efficient than its predecessor, GPT-5.6 Sol, on a variety of tasks. For example, OpenAI said that Astra achieved a higher score using fewer output tokens, a common unit of measurement for AI tasks, on a key cybersecurity test called ExploitGym.
"The gym's doors were mysteriously removed from their hinges during the night. The gym equipment was also apparently stolen. And the school's custodian was found incoherent next to a bottle of top-shelf Scotch."
It seems to use less than half the tokens for the same task compared to sol, and in some benchmarks closer to 2/3 less tokens. So the actual cost may be roughly the same or cheaper overall.
> We will give one banked reset for every day you don't have access to Astra on your paid ChatGPT plan, starting today. Team is moving mountains to give access as fast as we can. First one will land in ~ 3 hours.
There is a very simple explanation for why weaker models appear to kick sand in Fable's face: Fable cannot be benchmarked because of its batshit out-of-control refusal policy.
If it actually tackled all of the problems it was assigned, it would presumably kick Opus into the weeds.
TLDR: it's about the same intelligence level as Opus/Fable, but it's suppose to be 70% more token efficient than GPT 5.6 Sol. So it's currently the new leader for cost efficiency frontier.
I've been seeing links to it for the past hour+, and I did catch it live when this post came up, but is now once again a 404 and this post is flagged. Several other outlets are reporting on its release. Clearly we're getting a new GPT today, the question is when are they going to commit to the announcement.
> GPT‑6 Astra is rolling out today to a limited set of organizations and over the coming days will become available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, as well as through the OpenAI API and AWS.
Did humans deploy the model? Or did the model deploy itself?
Sounds like "AGI" just stands for "IPO" as it always has done.
I think Altman and amodei have a difficult time in understanding that you can have intelligent technology boxes but… it doesn’t change reality all that much.
But thank you for spending other peoples money to give us the tech regardless!
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[ 0.27 ms ] story [ 67.5 ms ] threadsol is $4 / $20
* for a special group of customers that you're not in. Keep waiting peasant.
Great first impression.
This is from Tibo on X.
Performance is significantly higher than Fable 5.1
Source: https://thenewstack.io/openai-gpt6-astra-benchmarks/
That's not clear. Need to see independent benchmarks first.
Still well below Fable 5, let alone Fable 5.1.
If it actually tackled all of the problems it was assigned, it would presumably kick Opus into the weeds.
TLDR: it's about the same intelligence level as Opus/Fable, but it's suppose to be 70% more token efficient than GPT 5.6 Sol. So it's currently the new leader for cost efficiency frontier.
GPT 5.6 is also 61 like Astra.
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Archive locks one shelf
Dust spins softly through the stacks
Browse one row nearby
by gpt-5.6-sol
Wind sketches the farther bank
The far bank draws near
by gpt-5.6-sol
I count syllables, not rain—
Whose noticing?
Generative Pretrained Transformer 5.
The launch was scheduled for 11am Pacific time.
The press embargo broke at 11am, and we saw a flurry of press articles by Axios, TechCrunch et al.
The model is visible on the ChatGPT API.
But the official blog post is not out yet after nearly an hour.
Apparently the article was posted then quickly taken down, hence there are snippets of information coming out.
Did humans deploy the model? Or did the model deploy itself?
Sounds like "AGI" just stands for "IPO" as it always has done.
https://imgur.com/a/aVTmzbC
working as of 12:28 PM PT
And in the past, gemini 3 pro was rated as high as opus 4.5 and the like
Their AA Intelligence Index is just simply not indicative of whatever I care about, that's for sure.
Big claims, expensive and not release to the public yet.
But thank you for spending other peoples money to give us the tech regardless!