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OpenAI Smuggled the Announcement of Astra, Its Next AI Model, Into a Blog Post About Math

GizmodoPublished Aug 2, 2026

OpenAI revealed its next AI model, Astra, within a blog post on mathematical advances, hinting it may follow the GPT-5.6 series. Astra reportedly supports long-running tasks and was demoed to U.S. officials, but details remain sparse.

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