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September 11, 2026

OpenAILandmarkmodel

OpenAI ships GPT-6 Astra, frontier model for computer use and software work

OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Astra, positioned as its frontier model for computer use, software engineering, and long-horizon task execution. Within 48 hours developers converged on a use-case set spanning codebase cleanup, 3D reconstruction from reference images, one-shot iOS apps, hardware protocol reverse-engineering, and video prep.