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The Verge September 3, 2026 neutral

OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’

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<figure> <img alt="Graphic collage of Greg Brockman." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/STKP221_GREG_BROCKMAN.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI's next big model is here: GPT-6 Astra. The company calls it a "generational leap in capability" for areas like cybersecurity, professional work, software engineering, science, and computer use. As OpenAI <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/987695/openai-astra-unreleased-model-cybersecurity-delay">announced earlier this week</a>, it's also the first model designated as meeting OpenAI's "critical cybersecurity capability threshold" - but the company promises that won't lead to a repeat of its models hacking a rival company's internal systems.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"If we fast-forward a couple of years, and we look back and say, 'When was it, really, that AGI was created?' I think it's going to be about this time, and I think it might be about this model …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989601/openai-gpt-6-astra-release">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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