Overview
- OpenAI made GPT-6 Astra available through its API and cloud partners and expanded ChatGPT access to Plus and Business tiers after a staggered rollout that prompted a public apology and usage‑quota compensation.
- OpenAI describes Astra as multimodal with a 1.05 million‑token context window, up to 128,000‑token outputs, and support for text and image inputs with integrated web search, file search, and code execution toolchains.
- The company says Astra can autonomously operate browsers, office software, and developer tools to complete end‑to‑end workflows such as data retrieval, spreadsheet work, slide creation, and coding from a simple user goal.
- In internal testing OpenAI reports Astra hit a 'Critical' cybersecurity threshold by finding and exploiting two zero‑day flaws, so the company has withheld some high‑risk security capabilities and added extra monitoring.
- OpenAI published commercial pricing for Astra on its API and is offering the model through partners like Amazon Bedrock, and the launch raises questions about independent verification, enterprise security controls, and how workplace tasks will be automated.