Before I get into this, a quick apology — I’m a bit late to the party on writing this. My university semester just kicked back in and the first few weeks are always the kind of chaos that makes you forget you had things to write. But better late than honest, so here we go. What Is GPT-6 Astra? GPT-6 Astra is OpenAI’s newest and most powerful AI model. It was released on September 3, 2026, and OpenAI describes it as the most capable and aligned model they have ever broadly deployed.