OpenAI\u2019s newest and most powerful model, GPT-6 Astra, is out today, and one of its hallmark features is called \u201ccomputer use,\u201d in which the model aims to navigate a computer as a human would.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s just one of a wide range of new and advanced capabilities, OpenAI says, including mathematical proficiency, software engineering, and defensive cybersecurity. But \u201ccomputer use is a particularly important part of what\u2019s new,\u201d OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman told reporters today. The model \u201ccan zip through spreadsheets, fill out forms, and navigate across web pages often at superhuman speed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The company shared a video with reporters of someone sitting on a chair, instructing the computer with their voice in what appeared to be a seamless, albeit staged, interaction.<\/p>\n
Computer use \u201cshows how far we\u2019ve come from sort of aspirationally training for computer use to bringing real value to people every day,\u201d Mia Glaese, vice president of research at OpenAI, said.<\/p>\n
OpenAI also released benchmark assessments that showed Astra beats its previous best model, GPT-5.6 Sol, as well as the best current models from its rival Anthropic, Claude Fable 5.1, on a wide range of tasks. On ARC-AGI-3, a difficult benchmark that is meant to test a model\u2019s ability to apply reasoning to situations it has not encountered before, Astra scored 98.6%, whereas GPT-5.6 Sol had scored only 7.8%, and Anthropic\u2019s Claude Opus 5 only 30%. Astra also scored 100% on ExploitBench, a tough cybersecurity challenge, beating GPT-5.6 Sol\u2019s 78.5% result. <\/p>\n
OpenAI is not first to market with an AI agent that can use a computer\u2014Anthropic pioneered the space with a beta program in 2024, and Perplexity built a system that can navigate a virtual computer to complete tasks for users in February this year\u2014but the concept is still not a mainstream part of working on a computer for most people. Brockman said he has been thinking about the idea of an AI using a computer as a human does since he first started at OpenAI in 2015.<\/p>\n
To Brockman, computer use could be considered the start of the \u201cAGI era.\u201d AGI stands for artificial general intelligence. Its exact definition is disputed, with views among AI researchers divided. OpenAI itself once defined AGI as an automated system that can perform all economically valuable work as well as or better than humans. <\/p>\n
Brockman said that achieving AGI has not come in one big moment, as he originally predicted, but rather in bits and pieces. He noted, \u201cIt\u2019s not unreasonable to feel that we are now in the AGI era, and I think that if you want to say this [model is] the first one, I think it\u2019s reasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n
But don\u2019t expect computer use to show up in every office overnight. OpenAI is limiting the release of Astra to a limited set of enterprise customers, including those in its cybersecurity-focused Daybreak program. Astra will become available to all Plus, Pro, and Enterprise users \u201cin the coming days,\u201d OpenAI says, as well as through the OpenAI API and AWS. The version available to these customers will refuse \u201cadvanced cybersecurity tasks,\u201d according to the company.<\/p>\n
The limited initial release will also allow OpenAI to scale its compute capacity because Astra is \u201ca very large model,\u201d an OpenAI spokesperson tells Fortune<\/em>. Astra\u2019s development also involved the company\u2019s largest training run \u201cby far,\u201d OpenAI vice president of research Aidan Clark told reporters today. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve pretrained on more than 100,000 GPUs at our Stargate site in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\nOpenAI says it added more cybersecurity safeguards. Is it enough?<\/h2>\n
OpenAI delayed the release of Astra by an unspecified amount of time to add extra safeguards and ensure a smooth launch following July\u2019s Hugging Face incident. Since then, OpenAI has added more monitoring and further isolated its training environments, although some say the type of monitoring it added isn\u2019t sufficient.<\/p>\n
OpenAI submitted Astra to the U.S. government for review ahead of release per the terms of the loosely defined AI safety framework, which is a voluntary agreement between tech companies and the Trump administration whose details have not been made public, rather than a formalized, public process.<\/p>\n
Brockman said OpenAI did its \u201cstandard testing process\u201d with the government, and called it \u201ca very good partnership.\u201d When pressed for details on what the process is, Brockman declined to elaborate. \u201cI just don\u2019t want to misstate anything because there\u2019s nuances on exactly how the process works,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Astra is also OpenAI\u2019s first model that meets its \u201ccritical cybersecurity capability threshold\u201d under its Preparedness Framework, an internal policy that governs the safety precautions the company will put in place depending on the risks a model presents. This means Astra can find and exploit previously unknown security flaws without human oversight, under the right conditions.<\/p>\n
For this reason, OpenAI is giving only certain partners access to Astra\u2019s most advanced cyber capabilities, the company shared earlier this week. The version provided to the company\u2019s Daybreak customers permits approved customers to use the model for common cyber-defense tasks. But it will not allow customers to develop exploits or take on tasks that could be used to conduct cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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