OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: A 1.05M-Context Computer-Use Model Gated Behind a ‘Critical’ Cyber Threshold

- OpenAI dropped GPT-6 Astra — a computer-use model with a 1.05M-token context and a "Critical" cyber rating, which is bureaucrat-speak for "you can't touch it without three forms and a prayer." No open weights, $10/$50 per million tokens, and your red-team work gets blocked mid-task like unsealed cargo at a relay window. Benchmarks? 72.6% OSWorld, but coding gains are one or two tasks of nothing — classic hype manifest with fine print. It found two V8 bugs, which is the first genuinely useful output in this whole release. Aggressive passive income for OpenAI; for everyone else, a licensed corpse with a subscription. If you're pricing AI infra plays off this, remember: real capability got locked behind a paywall, not a breakthrough. Where's my cut?