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OpenAI announced GPT-6 Astra today, marking a major step forward in artificial intelligence. The headline feature is "computer use"—the AI can actually control a computer by moving the mouse, typing, and clicking through websites at speeds faster than most humans. In a demo, someone gave voice commands and the AI filled out forms, sorted through spreadsheets, and navigated web pages without human help. This is significant because OpenAI has been working toward this capability since the company's founding in 2015, and it represents a shift from AI that just answers questions to AI that can actually do work on your computer.
OpenAI tested Astra against its own previous best model and competitors like Anthropic's Claude. On a reasoning test called ARC-AGI-3, designed to measure how well an AI can solve problems it's never seen before, Astra scored 98.6%—massively higher than the previous version's 7.8%. On a cybersecurity challenge, Astra scored a perfect 100%. However, OpenAI is rolling out slowly. Right now, only select enterprise customers can access the full "computer use" feature. Regular users (those with Plus and Pro subscriptions) will get a limited version "in the coming days" that will refuse to perform advanced hacking tasks. The company says this gradual release is partly to build up enough computing power to run such a large model reliably.