OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra, with president saying AGI may have arrived

OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-6 Astra, a new flagship model it calls the most intelligent and aligned system it has deployed, as president Greg Brockman argued the launch may later be remembered as the start of the AGI era. The company is not formally declaring the model to be artificial general intelligence, but Brockman told reporters that looking back in a few years, “when was it really that AGI was created? I think it’s going to be about this time, and […] about this model.” In a separate media call he said AGI is no longer a contractual trigger and is more of a “mission concept or spiritual concept,” adding of his personal view: “For me personally, I do think we’re there.”