On September 3 OpenAI launched ChatGPT 6 Astra, reporting large gains versus prior models on multi-step tasks (41.4% vs 18.1%), advanced coding (74.1%), scientific work (64.6%) and extremely difficult maths (97.6%), and is rolling Astra to enterprise and cybersecurity customers with standard Astra included for $20/month ChatGPT Plus. OpenAI says Astra is the first model to meet its “critical” cybersecurity threshold and Astra Pro is reserved for Pro/Business/Enterprise, but it stopped short of declaring AGI and acknowledged top ARC-AGI-3 results used agent tooling and memory, so independent testing and implications for crypto, DeFi, CEX security and adoption remain to be validated.

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In Brief

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on September 3, calling it its most capable ChatGPT model yet.
Astra is strongest at multi-step computer tasks, advanced coding, scientific work, difficult maths, and using software with less human supervision.
ChatGPT Plus users paying $20 a month are set to get standard Astra access.

Have you heard of AGI? Artificial General Intelligence. It’s the idea that AI can handle cognitive work at a human level. For years, it was just hypothetical, a Hollywood movie concept at best. Now, OpenAI says they have achieved it – with ChatGPT 6 Astra.

In theory, an AGI could read a legal document, write an article, solve a maths problem, plan a trip, learn a new software tool, and explain its reasoning – all at the same time. OpenAI just showed this exact thing in a ChatGPT 6 demo video.

In plain English, Astra is designed to do more than answer questions. It can use a computer, browse websites, work across software, and keep going through long tasks with less hand-holding.

This is GPT-6 Astra.Anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you. Fast. pic.twitter.com/gDd0IsewJw
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 3, 2026

How Powerful is ChatGPT 6.0 Astra?

OpenAI’s own benchmarks show the biggest gains in areas where AI has traditionally struggled: acting on its own.

What is being tested?	GPT-6 Astra	GPT-5.6 Sol	Claude Fable 5.1
Completing multi-step tasks	41.4%	18.1%	31.4%
Advanced coding	74.1%	70.8%	67.4%
Scientific computer work	64.6%	22.4%	52.6%
Extremely difficult maths	97.6%	83.0%	87.8%
Turning images into 3D designs	95.9%	83.3%	84.3%

The comparisons come from OpenAI and vendor-reported evaluations, so independent testing will matter.

So if you’re a ChatGPT user, what does this new model provide? Astra should be better at actually doing things for you.

OpenAI says it can browse webpages, fill forms, work through spreadsheets, and complete multi-step tasks faster than earlier models. It is also the first OpenAI model to reach the company’s “critical” cybersecurity threshold.

What are ChatGPT Users Getting for $20?

Astra is rolling out first to selected enterprise and cybersecurity customers. OpenAI says Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users will receive it over the coming days. Free access has not been announced.

That makes the $20-a-month ChatGPT Plus plan more interesting. Standard Astra will be included within existing Plus allowances.

Astra Pro, the higher-end version, is reserved for Pro, Business and Enterprise customers.

Does that make Astra AGI? OpenAI has stopped short of a formal declaration.

Welcome to AGI. ChatGPT 6 Astra just releasedIn the announcement, Greg Brockman claims this is the AGI era, and Astra might be the first model thereHere is everything you need to know:1. It is rolling out to businesses now. Personal accounts over the next few days2.… pic.twitter.com/zZyHoFdZSi
— Alex Finn (@AlexFinn) September 3, 2026

OpenAI president Brockman called AGI a “gray, fuzzy thing,” while saying he personally believes people may later look back at this model as the moment it arrived.

There is still reason for skepticism. Astra’s eye-catching ARC-AGI-3 result was produced using an OpenAI agent setup with memory and tools around the model, making it harder to isolate Astra’s raw intelligence from the system supporting it.

So, is this the end of human creativity? Perhaps not. But Astra does push ChatGPT further toward something that can increasingly do the work, rather than simply tell you how.

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