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GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Astra, rolling out to the OpenAI API and through Microsoft Azure and Amazon Bedrock at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output, the same headline price as Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1, which shipped the same week. Cache reads are priced separately, and Fast mode costs 2x.

OpenAI | In Edition 51, Saturday 12 Sep 2026

SOURCE OpenAI, GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence

Added to The Deploy Log Monday 14 Sep 2026, updated Thursday 17 Sep 2026. Read Edition 51, the edition that carried it.

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