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

The author measured tok/s by dividing total output tokens by total time over 10 runs, finding Astra, 5.6 Sol and Luna dropped to 60% of their previous speed and GPT-6.1 Sol to just 15 tok/s, suspecting OpenAI traded speed for quota.

A roundup post lists recent model news including Fable 5.1, Muse Spark, GPT-6 Astra, Grok 4.7, Opus 5.5 and Gemini 4 Argon.

The author mocks OpenAI for calling GPT-6.1 Sol its most demanded model ever while locking every other door, leaving users with one entry point, and notes Astra burns a weekly limit in a day.

A Japanese developer demonstrates Astra detecting utility poles and SAM 3 segmenting them, producing over 1,000 masks in under 90 seconds and shifting human work from drawing to inspection and correction.

A Japanese user says that after handing a certain prompt to GPT-6 Astra Ultra, its token count no longer decreases no matter how much work it does, and shares a screenshot while recommending users save it.

Artificial Analysis says GPT-6.1 Sol costs less than a quarter of GPT-6 Astra per task, while OpenAI fixed a multimodal input bug that raised GPT-6 Luna's Intelligence Index by 1 point.

A timeline shows the interval between flagship models shrinking sharply: GPT-3 held the top spot for 916 days, while GPT-6 Astra lasted only 19 days and GPT-6 Sol only 7.

The author tests OpenAI's new personal agent Dot, which is powered by GPT-6 Astra, connects to 4,000+ apps, controls a cloud computer, and keeps tasks moving across conversations, rivaling Meta's Muse.

A user says they tried GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast controlling a robot in a simulation and believes specialized robotics models are finished in favor of fast general agents.

A user says they are using up all their Astra tokens before churning off OpenAI, and jokes that it is "churn off of OpenAI day."

A Telugu-language reply explains that integrating a model like ChatGPT Astra or Claude into code bills per generated token, with usage limits and prices that rise accordingly.

In a reply to OpenAI's developer account, a user claims GPT-6 Astra recorded and edited an entire video in under five minutes, without offering details.