Preparedness Framework

GPT-6 Astra in 30 Seconds GPT-6 Astra is OpenAI’s new flagship, announced on September 3, 2026. The company calls it “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model”. There is no Sol/Terra/Luna split this time. The lineup is Astra and Astra Pro. API pricing is $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens: 2.5x GPT-5.6 Sol’s promotional price, and identical to Claude Fable 5.1. The scores are high but footnoted. The headline 98.6% on ARC-AGI-3 came from a custom harness; the same model scores 62.7% on the standard one. Astra is the first OpenAI model to cross the Critical cybersecurity threshold in the Preparedness Framework. Standard access refuses parts of that work outright. Rollout is staged: Daybreak enterprise customers first, then Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, the API and AWS. Pro, Business and Enterprise also get Astra Pro. OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra today, September 3, 2026. At the press briefing, president Greg Brockman first conceded that AGI remains a “gray, fuzzy thing”, then went ahead anyway: “I think it’s not unreasonable to feel that we are now in the AGI era.” He closed with the same line: “Welcome to the AGI era.” ...

Summary: GPT-5.6-Cyber in 30 Seconds GPT-5.6-Cyber is a version of GPT-5.6 Sol trained to be far more permissive on cybersecurity work. Announced on August 10, 2026. It is not publicly available. Only verified security firms and researchers in the Daybreak Red tier can use it. In testing it answered 95% of advanced cyber requests. Standard GPT-5.6 Sol answered just 1.5%. It sits at the High capability level under OpenAI’s Preparedness Framework. The delayed Astra model is the one at the Critical threshold. OpenAI has announced a noticeably less restricted model for cyber defenders: GPT-5.6-Cyber. It is a variant of GPT-5.6 Sol tuned for cybersecurity workflows, and it is closed to ordinary ChatGPT users. ...

Hello everyone! 😁 OpenAI announced a brand new model called GPT-5.3-Codex on February 5, 2026, and believe me, this model is truly a game-changer! 🚀 What is GPT-5.3-Codex? GPT-5.3-Codex is the most capable agentic coding model that OpenAI has developed to date. We previously wrote about the OpenAI Codex App , and now we have the most powerful model behind this platform! So what does “agentic” mean? The model doesn’t just write code for you; it can also take on long-running tasks like a colleague, conduct research, use tools, and execute complex operations. ...