OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, billed as a generational leap and a possible marker of the AGI era, launched on 3 September 2026 to immediate complaints from paying subscribers who could not access it. CEO Sam Altman apologised for the messy rollout but offered no firm timeline, only credits and a hope that access would open over the weekend.

The new AI model is particularly skilled at using a computer on a user’s behalf, carrying out a range of work-related tasks. | World News

OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out GPT-6, its most powerful AI model yet, to select customers, touting stronger safety safeguards as concerns grow over the…