"Sorry for the Messy Rollout": OpenAI Launched GPT-6 Astra, but Developers Are Locked Out
OpenAI said the model will reach Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users over the next few days after paid subscribers complained about the staggered launch.
- On Thursday, OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, but CEO Sam Altman quickly apologized for a "messy rollout" after paying subscribers encountered significant access delays.
- Technical challenges hindered the release, as OpenAI struggled to scale novel systems while bringing new compute online and navigating issues deploying a blog post.
- The company presented Astra as a "generational leap in capability" and the start of "the AGI era," though safety advocates cautioned that the model's reasoning is harder to monitor.
- Codex engineering lead Thibault Sottiaux said paid ChatGPT subscribers will receive "one banked reset" for every day without access, as the team works to expand availability.
- Altman remains "hopeful" that users can access Astra this weekend, but the company has not provided a definite timeline for when the broader API rollout will conclude.
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Sam Altman apologizes for ‘messy’ GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out paying users
Just hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, CEO Sam Altman was already apologizing for what he describes as a "messy rollout" after paying users expecting access to the new frontier model were left waiting. The company hailed the model as a "generational leap in capability" on Thursday and described it as the start of "the […]
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