GPT-6 Astra's advancements could reshape industries by reducing task completion times and costs, though human oversight remains essential.
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On September 3, 2026, OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra and its president Greg Brockman closed the presentation with "Welcome to the AGI era." On the same day, ARC Prize, the organization that manages the ARC-AGI-3 test, measured the model to 99.9% in its best configuration, compared to 30% for the previous best score. In seven weeks, Google responded with Gemini 4 Argon, Anthropic with Claude Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5, Mistral with a trillion-of-paramet…