GPT-6 Astra in Practice: Tests, Use Cases, and Feedback

A video rounds up this week's rumors: Google Gemini 4 Argon, Anthropic Fable 5.5, and OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast and Astra could all arrive in the same week.

A short take argues GPT-6 Astra 6.1 is a major release and that the frontier advances mainly through OpenAI and Anthropic competing, while Google and Chinese labs are not at the frontier right now.

The author used Astra with Seedance 2.5 to generate a video of a blade of flame cutting through rain and monsters, with the prompt posted in the comments.

A long post lists Pro usage cut from 20x to 10x, Astra being shelved, and Sol feeling slow, arguing OpenAI is pushing users toward Claude.

Cost per Intelligence Index task: Gemini 4 Argon at $1.99 and GPT-6 Astra at $3.26, while the Claude tiers cost roughly 3–4× more.

A Chinese developer complains that ChatGPT's model tiers have all regressed: Astra is unaffordable, Sol 6 is slow, ignores instructions and hallucinates, and the Luna tier has also broken down.

A user says Astra has degraded noticeably, taking over ten minutes on simple tasks with poor results, and also complains that Claude bans accounts without refunding.

A Japanese user reports that Astra no longer drains the weekly quota as fast as before, close to GPT-6.1 Sol's level, and wonders if it is part of the recent improvements.

The author says Opus 5.5 performance is trending up and GPT-6.1 Sol is in great shape, while GPT-6 Astra shows signs of nerfing, and plans to build today on an Opus 5.5 to Sol-6.1 line.

A tongue-in-cheek wish that the ideal model would combine GPT-6 Astra's capability with Sonnet 5.5's speed and Jev-level pricing.

The author used GPT-6 Astra and GPT-image-2.5 for image processing and Seedance2.5 for video to make a creative short film about counting big fat fish.

A high-energy music video themed on GPT-6 Astra, with lyrics written by Astra, music by Suno V6 and visuals by Seedance2.5.