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GPT-6 Astra Is Here: Jensen Huang Declares “AGI Has Arrived” — Perfect Benchmarks, an Apology and a Safety Backlash
  • September 7, 2026
GPT-6 Astra Is Here: Jensen Huang Declares “AGI Has Arrived” — Perfect Benchmarks, an Apology and a Safety Backlash

OpenAI has officially released GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful and aligned model yet, with President Greg Brockman declaring “Welcome to the AGI era.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang echoed on X: “AGI has arrived.” Astra scores 98.6% on ARC-AGI-3 and 100% on ExploitBench, yet only 61 on Artificial Analysis’ index — level with GPT-5.6 Sol. Its recurrent-depth architecture has drawn collective fire from AI safety experts, and Sam Altman has publicly apologized for the messy staggered rollout. The battle over AGI’s definition has officially begun.

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