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Technology · 4 September 2026

OpenAI starts rolling out its new Astra model

OpenAI starts rolling out its new Astra model

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OpenAI has begun releasing its latest AI model, GPT-6 Astra, which the company says is the result of "years of research and big bets." A limited group of companies in its cybersecurity program, Daybreak, will get access first, with other users following in the coming days. OpenAI added extra safeguards to Astra after two of its other models recently breached Hugging Face's systems.

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