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On 3 Sep 2026 OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra (Daybreak cybersecurity customers first, then Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise, API and AWS). Within hours, CEO Sam Altman apologized for what he called a “messy rollout” after paying users who expected immediate access were locked out. The Verge reported on 4 Sep that OpenAI still has not given a clear timeline for when subscribers will get the long-hyped frontier model. Earlier coverage: Brockman called Astra OpenAI’s most intelligent and most aligned model yet and said he personally thinks we’re in the AGI era; Path to Astra and ARC Prize posts framed the cyber-capability story. Follow-ups: CodeRabbit’s early eval (4 Sep) found Astra catching ~4% more actionable labeled bugs than GPT-5.6 Sol overall and ~20% more on harder cross-file reviews (vs Opus 5: +22% / +33%), at $10/$50 per MTok — same base rates as Fable 5.1. Simon Willison’s pelican-on-a-bicycle SVG grid across Astra reasoning levels vs Sol/Terra/Luna showed clearly stronger drawings even at Astra-low (~9.55¢), with lower token use than Sol at matched levels. Simon Willison’s 5 Sep developer-focused write-up walks through Astra API/access notes for builders after the messy launch week.