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GPT‑6 Astra

Terms in this piece · Glossary

benchmark — A standard public test set for comparing AI models — the shared scoreboards behind every "model X beats model Y" claim.
agent harness — The scaffolding around a model that turns it into a working agent — the loop, the tools it can call, and the rules for when to stop.
token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.

Why it matters

GPT-6 Astra launches at $10/$50 per million input/output , matching Claude Fable pricing, and posts a 99.9% ARC-AGI-3 score under OpenAI's custom plus strong exploit and long- results, concrete numbers for choosing a frontier model.