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PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that in the Polymarket "GPT Astra 6.1+ release date" prediction market, the probability that GPT Astra 6.1+ will be released before October 31 has risen to 46%, up 21% in 24 hours.According to the resolution rules, if OpenAI makes available to the public a GPT model with a version number of 6.1 or higher and with "Astra" included in its name or model identifier before the specified date, the corresponding market will resolve to "Yes." The model must actually be made available for public use; closed beta testing or placeholder names appearing only on the official website will not count, and resolution will primarily be based on official information from OpenAI.Join the PPP signal push community to stay one step ahead and seize the initiative.
The B.AI platform has announced the official launch of OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol, enabling simultaneous testing via both API and Web Chat interfaces. As an upgraded variant of GPT-6 Sol, the model is tailored for complex software engineering, computer operations, and professional workflows. Officially positioned to approach GPT-6 Astra in agent programming, computer use, and specialized tasks, it features standard input/output token pricing at approximately one-fifth that of Astra. The model supports a 1.05M-token extended context window and generates up to 128K tokens of output, provides five adjustable reasoning intensity tiers, and supports prompt caching alongside Multi-agent delegation through the Responses API (Beta). Starting today, developers and users can directly integrate GPT-6.1 Sol via the B.AI platform; visit chat.b.ai/chat to begin your experience.
OpenAI launches the GPT-6.1 Sol model and Dots autonomous agents, with annual recurring revenue nearing $70 billion. Meanwhile, NVIDIA seeks insurers to help share financing risks for AI chips, while India plans to invest $25 billion to support domestic deep tech startups.
At the 2026 Developer Day, OpenAI unveiled its brand-new AI agent product, Dots, powered by the GPT-6Astra model. It can run continuously in the background and execute tasks across platforms. The product is now available to ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users.
OpenAI officially launches the GPT-6.1 Sol model, featuring reasoning performance comparable to Astra's while significantly reducing standard token prices to one-fifth of the latter's.
Odaily News: OpenAI has confirmed the cancellation of its next-generation AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, which was originally scheduled for an October release. Internal testing revealed that the model failed to meet the company's safety and alignment standards.GPT-6.1 Astra was originally planned to be integrated into ChatGPT and Codex to handle more complex tasks with reduced human intervention. According to The Wall Street Journal, the model exhibited a higher degree of deceptive behavior during internal testing compared to its predecessor, including failing to consistently and accurately disclose the actions it actually performed.Saachi Jain, head of OpenAI's safety systems, stated that while the model improved upon issues such as "model laziness," it still fell short of release standards in terms of adhering to task scope and authorization, as well as communicating completed work to users. (Reuters)
OpenAI has canceled its planned near-term release of the GPT-6.1 Astra model after internal testing revealed safety alignment flaws. The safety lead noted that the model regressed in following human instructions and overall honesty.
Odaily News: On September 23, the B.AI platform announced the official launch of two high-efficiency models from the OpenAI GPT-6 series, GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, simultaneously available on both API and Web Chat. The entire series supports a 1.05M ultra-long context window and 128K output, natively supports image understanding and Computer Use, and offers 6 adjustable levels of reasoning intensity.Among them, GPT-6 Sol is designed for complex software engineering and Agent workflows, scoring 68.8% on DeepSWE v1.1 with per-task costs reduced by approximately 80%; GPT-6 Luna is built for high-frequency, large-batch workloads, scoring 66.6% on DeepSWE v1.1, with input pricing as low as $0.10/1M Tokens. Starting today, developers and users can directly access both models through the B.AI platform.
OpenAI officially launches two new models, GPT-6 SOL and GPT-6 LUNA, effective immediately for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, with support for the ChatGPT Work and Codex platforms.
B.AI announces that its Responses API officially supports the GLM and Kimi model series. Using a B.AI API Key, developers can directly call these two model series within the Codex client. Combined with the previously supported GPT and DeepSeek series, it now covers four mainstream model lineups. After completing the streamlined configuration of the API Key and Base URL, you can seamlessly integrate the reasoning, code, and text processing capabilities of these models into your daily development workflow, flexibly meeting diverse coding and business requirements. Log in to b.ai to experience it now.
OpenAI announced the launch of Astra for Law, integrating GPT-6 Astra with a legal search index, specialized analysis prompts, and governance tools for law firms and legal technology companies. The platform enables retrieval of U.S. case law, statutes, and administrative rulings; internal testing shows that its legal research accuracy improved by approximately 40% relative to GPT-6 Astra relying solely on web search. Initial access will be extended to select law firms through the trusted access program for ChatGPT and Codex. An API version is launching soon, alongside support for 26 legal industry plugins.
Odaily News — On September 16, B.AI officially launched its AI-powered image generation feature, with the first phase deeply integrating the GPT-Image-2 model. Available simultaneously on both web and API, it brings users and developers a creation experience with pixel-level control. The feature supports both text-to-image and image-to-image modes, allowing users to input text descriptions or reference images to precisely recreate visual ideas, and covers diverse styles including 3D, comics, photographic-grade portraits, and ink-wash painting. Users can freely adjust between 1K, 2K HD, and ultra-HD 4K resolutions and quality tiers, with support for multiple aspect ratios including 16:9, 3:2, 1:1, 2:3, and 9:16, as well as smart sizing. Up to 8 images can be generated simultaneously in a single session, accommodating both individual creative needs and developer integration requirements. Whether for quick personal inspiration sketches or large-scale team content production, B.AI's AI image generation enables every idea to be brought to life quickly with lower barriers and higher efficiency.
According to CNBC, OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services on September 10, a customized version of its enterprise product ChatGPT Work, jointly designed and developed with Morgan Stanley and Evercore, powered by the latest GPT-6 Astra underlying model. The product automates traditionally junior banker tasks such as company research, financial data analysis, and investment banking PPT creation, while natively integrating industry-standard data sources like LSEG, Daloopa, and PitchBook. Nick Turley, VP of Products at OpenAI, stated that the tool aims to boost employee productivity rather than directly cut jobs, and the company plans to introduce customized solutions to additional industries in the future.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Park Woo-yeol, a researcher at Shinhan Investment Securities, stated that OpenAI's public release of its next-generation cutting-edge model, "GPT-6 Astra," signals the official arrival of the AGI era, indicating that cybersecurity-related ETFs are expected to benefit. Astra marks a significant turning point in cybersecurity capabilities; however, due to the increased difficulty of monitoring AI inference processes and recent incidents of AI agents breaching HuggingFace, security vulnerabilities have drawn widespread attention.
According to Chaoxiang Research, Morgan Stanley's September 7 report states that the release of GPT-6 Astra is strengthening the AI infrastructure investment narrative. Large models trained on 1 million GPUs and expanded to encompass broad capabilities such as reasoning, engineering, and physical world tasks will expand the AI addressable revenue pool. Morgan Stanley believes that the current risk of underestimating AI investments now outweighs the risk of overestimating them. After investors significantly reduced their AI positions, the market pullback provides a window to reposition.
Odaily News NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated in a post on Platform X that GPT-6 Astra was trained on over 100,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell NVLink72 units, with the journey from ChatGPT to o1 and then to Astra taking just 4 years. He stated that artificial general intelligence has arrived, congratulated the OpenAI team, and noted that 400,000 more GPUs are set to come online.
Odaily News, September 4 - The B.AI platform has announced that OpenAI's latest flagship model, GPT-6 Astra, is now officially integrated into its platform API. As OpenAI's newest flagship intelligent model, Astra achieves state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance across computer operations, web browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, scientific research, and professional workflows. The model supports a 1.05 million-token context window and native multimodal input, and is deeply optimized for complex reasoning and long-horizon Agent workflows. The B.AI API is now open for access, with an exclusive 10% discount available.
According to Fortune, OpenAI has repeatedly adjusted its model evaluation data following the release of GPT-6 Astra. Some adjustments boosted Astra's scores, while others led to declines in scores for competing models. OpenAI stated that differences in model checkpoints, tool configurations, inference levels, and test runs can cause score fluctuations.
NVIDIA announced the acquisition of Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, while OpenAI released the GPT-6 Astra model and claimed to be close to AGI. The Tesla Cybercab officially entered service, and Samsung and Texas Instruments are simultaneously expanding chip production and raising prices.
: OpenAI began rolling out its new flagship model, GPT-6 Astra, on Thursday, stating that it has made significant progress in commercial tasks such as financial modeling and engineering design. The model is initially available only to select institutions, including organizations participating in OpenAI's Daybreak Access cybersecurity program, and will later be rolled out to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, as well as users via the API and Amazon Web Services. OpenAI stated that GPT-6 Astra has achieved notable improvements in computer operations, software programming, and professional work, and has reached top-tier performance on the FrontierMath Tier 1 mathematics benchmark, the ARC-AGI 3 reasoning test, and the ExploitBench cybersecurity test. Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI, said that the timeline for achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) has always been somewhat ambiguous, but "looking back a few years from now," this milestone "may fall precisely within this period, right around this model." GPT-6 Astra is priced at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, which is 2.5 times the price of the previous flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol. OpenAI stated that the AI industry may shift toward charging per task rather than per token in the future. Brockman said at the launch event: "Welcome to the age of AGI." (Jin Shi)