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OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a hardware device from scratch in under a week
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra created, as a side project in under a week, a device that lets users talk to its Codex coding agent.
A contract manufacturer made a small prototype batch in under a month, but several revisions were needed to address production limits, tolerances and assembly details. On BenchCAD 2.0, a newer internal model scored 0.875, compared with 0.594 for GPT-6 Astra at its highest reasoning level; OpenAI has not disclosed details about the internal model.
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The Decoder
Date stated with the source: 3. 11. 2026
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