Updated
Updated · OpenAI · Sep 9
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra for Business at $10 per Million Tokens
Updated
Updated · OpenAI · Sep 9

OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra for Business at $10 per Million Tokens

3 articles · Updated · OpenAI · Sep 9

Summary

  • GPT-6 Astra is now available in ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API, with OpenAI positioning it as a model that can handle complex business workflows inside existing software from day one.
  • Pricing starts at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, with OpenAI saying Astra needs fewer tokens and retries to complete professional and coding tasks.
  • On safety, Astra produced unintended outcomes 89% less often than GPT-5.6 Sol and 74.7% less often than Claude Fable 5.1 on OpenAI's internal computer-use benchmark.
  • New enterprise controls let admins restrict approved websites and desktop apps, manage uploads and downloads, require confirmation before consequential actions, and use automated review of risky tool calls.
  • Astra is also the first OpenAI model to hit the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold, prompting stronger misuse protections as the company pushes deeper into enterprise automation.

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