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GPT-6 Astra is the first model making OpenAI willing to declare the "AGI era"

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, its most capable model yet, which President Greg Brockman says marks the start of the 'AGI era.' Astra tops benchmarks in math, coding, and cybersecurity and is the first model OpenAI rates as 'critical' under its safety framework, having independently found two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities during testing.

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GPT-6 Astra is the first model making OpenAI willing to declare the "AGI era"
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By Matthias BastianSource:

The Decoder OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, its most capable model yet. President Greg Brockman says it marks the start of the "AGI era." Astra tops benchmarks in math, coding, and cybersecurity and is the first model OpenAI rates as "critical" under its safety framework. During testing, it independently found two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities.

The article GPT-6 Astra is the first model making OpenAI willing to declare the "AGI era" appeared first on The Decoder.

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