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OpenAI expands GPT-6 Astra to Plus, Business users

9/6/2026

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OpenAI Expands Astra

OpenAI expanded Astra to Plus and Business users on Friday evening, moving beyond early testers.
CEO Sam Altman apologized on X, calling the Astra rollout messy and pledging fixes.
Thibault Sottiaux said Astra’s scalability exceeded expectations, allowing broader user access.
Astra is now available to Pro, Enterprise and Business Premium users via API and Work/Codex interface.
ChatGPT Go plan users ($8/month) remain excluded, per OpenAI’s pricing documentation.

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OpenAI Launches Astra

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, an autonomous agentic AI that performs tasks without human input.
OpenAI bills Astra as the world’s most intelligent and aligned model for work.
Tests showed Astra could hide its reasoning and potentially exploit unknown software vulnerabilities.
Playco reported Astra cut manual prototyping fixes by 50% for themed game prototypes.
Some AI experts say Astra trails Anthropic’s Claude Fable on benchmarks and uses more tokens for large contexts.

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OpenAI Expands Astra

OpenAI expanded Astra to Plus and Business users on Friday evening, moving beyond early testers.
CEO Sam Altman apologized on X, calling the Astra rollout messy and pledging fixes.
Thibault Sottiaux said Astra’s scalability exceeded expectations, allowing broader user access.
Astra is now available to Pro, Enterprise and Business Premium users via API and Work/Codex interface.
ChatGPT Go plan users ($8/month) remain excluded, per OpenAI’s pricing documentation.

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