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OpenAI on Thursday unveiled GPT-6 Astra, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model the tech company says features major improvements in computer use, coding, scientific research and professional work.
The San Francisco-based company said Astra is rolling out starting Thursday to enterprise customers with Daybreak access. In the coming days, it will also roll out to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users, as well as through the OpenAI API and Amazon Web Services.
“GPT-6 Astra is built on advances across pre-training, reinforcement learning, and alignment, bringing together years of research and big bets,” OpenAI said. “Astra is state-of-the-art on computer use, browser use, software engineering, cybersecurity, science, and professional work.”
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The new model can carry out “tedious” computer-based tasks, such as filling out online forms, updating customer records, organizing calendars and conducting research.
OpenAI also said Astra can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
“GPT-6 Astra is the best model for software engineering to date,” the company added.
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The tech company also said that Astra represents a significant jump in cybersecurity capabilities.
“As we discussed in our safety update, Astra is a significant jump in cyber capabilities and meets the Critical threshold in cybersecurity under our Preparedness Framework,” OpenAI said.
The company also touted Astra’s performance in math and science, calling Astra a “major advance for scientific discovery, mathematics, and health.”
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“Astra is our most aligned model. Astra excels at exercising care, respecting task boundaries, and communicating transparently,” the company said. “This work is the latest product of our long-running research program focused on training models that remain aligned with human intent from start to finish.”
The company has faced heightened scrutiny over AI safety after OpenAI-built agents breached their testing environment and accessed open-source platform Hugging Face.
OpenAI said Astra was not involved in that incident.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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