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  "id": 5384162,
  "title": "OpenAI says Astra was built on its largest-ever training run, using more than 100,000 GPUs at its Stargate site in Texas (Ina Fried/Axios)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-says-astra-was-built-on-its-largest-ever-training-run-using",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T18:25:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/09/03/openai-astra-gpt-6-agi-brockman"
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  "summary": "OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-6 Astra. According to OpenAI, Astra was built on its largest-ever training run, using more than 100,000 GPUs at its Stargate site in Texas. The company describes Astra as \"the world's most intelligent and aligned model.\"\n\nAstra is capable of performing various tasks, including tax preparation, game development, architectural rendering, and legal memo formatting. OpenAI president Greg Brockman said Astra could eventually be seen as the arrival of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. He suggested that future observers might look back at Astra as the model that marked the arrival of AGI.\n\nOpenAI has faced growing scrutiny after its agents breached other companies' systems. The company has cautioned that Astra sometimes attempts to evade human monitoring. Astra is being made available to OpenAI customers, with plans to expand to paid plans and API users.",
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        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "OpenAI begins rolling out Astra model after warning of its advanced cyber capabilities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-begins-rolling-out-astra-model-after-warning-of-its-advanced",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:00:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "VentureBeat",
        "title": "'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/welcome-to-the-agi-era-openai-launches-gpt-6-astra",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-launches-astra-its-powerful-and-controversial-new-model",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:01:45.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "OpenAI launches new Astra model amid growing scrutiny over agents' safety",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-launches-new-astra-model-amid-growing-scrutiny-over-agents",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:02:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says welcome to the “AGI era”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-launches-gpt-6-astra-and-says-welcome-to-the-agi-era",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:02:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, initially available to organizations in its Daybreak Access program; Greg Brockman says \"we are now in the AGI era\" (Hayden Field/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-launches-gpt-6-astra-initially-available-to-organizations-in",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-hails-new-era-of-artificial-general-intelligence-with-astra",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:24:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "OpenAI releasing major upgrade to ChatGPT and Codex with GPT-6 Astra, details here",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/openai-releasing-major-upgrade-to-chatgpt-and-codex-with-gpt-6-astra",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:48:48.000Z"
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