Bankless · Friday, September 4, 2026
OpenAI has launched Astra, the latest iteration of its ChatGPT model, which is reportedly the most advanced AI model currently available. Early reports and benchmarks suggest Astra significantly outperforms its predecessors and competitors, though widespread access is still limited.
“OpenAI launches ChatGPT 6.0. Astra, the newest model from OpenAI, ChatGPT. The most advanced model out there is probably Claude's fable. I think that's been the leader over the past several months. Have you taken a look at Astra at all?”
“So in the benchmarks, you can see Astra clobbering Fable. This is now clearly the smartest model in existence. It's priced equivalently, so it's clear that OpenAI is now in the lead once again.”
“So clearly they think this model is a new step function improvement in cyber capabilities. So after the hugging face attack that we saw last month, everybody is now aware that this stuff is much more powerful than anything that we've seen in the previous generation of models.”