{"slug": "openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems", "title": "OpenAI is reportedly building Astra, a model family designed to work on problems for hours or days", "summary": "OpenAI is building a new model family called Astra that enables multiple AI agents to collaborate on complex problems for hours or days, according to The Decoder. CEO Sam Altman has demoed Astra to policymakers in Washington, and OpenAI has not decided whether to release it as GPT-6 or a new GPT-5 variant.", "body_md": "# OpenAI is reportedly building Astra, a model family designed to work on problems for hours or days\n\nBy Matthias BastianSource:\n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com) [OpenAI](/glossary/openai) is building a new model family called \"Astra\" that would let multiple agents tackle complex problems together for hours or even days. CEO Sam Altman has already demoed Astra to policymakers in Washington. OpenAI hasn't decided whether to release it as [GPT](/glossary/gpt)-6 or a new GPT-5 variant.\n\nThe article [OpenAI is reportedly building Astra, a model family designed to work on problems for hours or days](https://the-decoder.com/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems-for-hours-or-days/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-5mse", "published_at": "2026-08-01 08:24:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-01 08:33:14.645312+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "Astra", "GPT-6", "GPT-5", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-reportedly-building-astra-a-model-family-designed-to-work-on-problems.jsonld"}}