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GPT-6 Astra appears to show a "step change" in spatial reasoning based on early benchmarks

GPT-6 Astra completed 7 of 100 tasks with dual-arm robots on the StationeryBench robotics benchmark, while competitor MolmoAct2 finished none, according to early benchmark results reported by The Decoder. A researcher characterized the result as a "step change in spatial reasoning.

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In a new robotics benchmark, GPT-6 Astra shows major gains in spatial understanding. On StationeryBench, the model completed 7 out of 100 tasks with dual-arm robots, while competitor MolmoAct2 couldn't finish a single one. A researcher calls it a "step change in spatial reasoning."

The article GPT-6 Astra appears to show a "step change" in spatial reasoning based on early benchmarks appeared first on The Decoder.

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