Gpt-6 astra hit 72.6 on osworld 2.0 the same week google locks engineers into first-party models.…
gpt-6 astra hit 72.6 on osworld 2.0 the same week google locks engineers into first-party models.
the agent wars just stopped being about benchmarks and started being about whose keyboard wins the next 100 million prs.
Context
OpenAI's system card of 3 September 2026 says GPT-6 Astra is the most capable model it has broadly deployed and that it is the first to reach the Critical level of cybersecurity capability under its Preparedness Framework.
The OSWorld 2.0 score of 72.6 appears only in a secondary source, not in the OpenAI text I read. The claim that Google locks engineers into first-party models rests on one secondary report with an unresolved date. The 100 million PRs figure has no source I could find.
Watch next
- The system card capability tables.
Sources
- GPT-6 Astra system card (OpenAI)deploymentsafety.openai.com
- OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra benchmarks (The New Stack)thenewstack.io
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