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[^2]\n\nOpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, which the company describes as its most powerful and capable artificial intelligence model. [^3]\n\nOpenAI officially announced the release of GPT-6 Astra, which the company describes as the world's most intelligent and aligned model. [^4]\n\nOpenAI suggested that the release of GPT-6 Astra marks the time when AGI was created. [^5]\n\nThe outages on 2026-09-03 coincided with heightened public speculation about OpenAI's forthcoming AI model, GPT-6 Astra. [^6]\n\nOpenAI claims that GPT-6 Astra can autonomously use a computer, as demonstrated in a video where the voice-controlled model publishes an online sales ad by itself. [^7]\n\nOpenAI states that GPT-6 is the first OpenAI model to reach the highest risk level on its own cybersecurity evaluation scale, and capable of hacking securely protected systems on its own. [^8]\n\nOpenAI stated that GPT-6 Astra is capable of utilizing a single computer independently. [^9]\n\nOpenAI announced that GPT-6 Astra will be rolled out today to a limited set of organizations before becoming available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users. [^10]\n\nOpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra achieves a 98% score on FrontierMath Tier 4 and a 100% score on ExploitBench. [^11]\n\nOpenAI states that GPT-6 Astra is the best model for software engineering to date. 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