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GPT-6 Astra blew away every one of my benchmarks

With Claire Vo · Sunday, September 6, 2026

Claire Vo shares her early access hands-on review of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model, demonstrating how its computer use and coding capabilities exceed prior models like 5.6 Sol and Fable. She walks through production workflows including automated CRM logic building, 3D asset generation in Blender, autonomous QA testing, hardware reverse-engineering, and one-shot desktop app development.

Key takeaways

  • Claire Vo ran OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model inside Chrome for 1 hour and 45 minutes to autonomously test a staging preview branch. Read more →
  • Claire Vo spent six months attempting to build an automated product intelligence system across models like Fable and 5.6 Sol without success. Read more →
  • GPT-6 Astra creates functional 3D Blender assets in one shot, overcoming previous frontier model failures that output broken meshes and distorted geometries. Read more →
  • Claire Vo tested OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra against locked consumer hardware, reverse-engineering the closed Bluetooth protocol on a Divoom Mini 2 pixel display without an official API. Read more →
  • OpenAI priced GPT-6 Astra at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, targeting high-value enterprise execution over cheap conversational chat. Read more →

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