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Two engineers and GPT-6 Astra design a Codex device in under a week

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A model can already connect appearance, electronics, and software into a working prototype, but engineers still have to check manufacturing constraints.

According to OpenAI, in its side project the model designed the appearance, enclosure, printed circuit board with component selection and routing, firmware, interface, and software integration for a device for voice conversations with Codex, without direct human edits. A contract manufacturer produced a small batch of prototypes in under a month. Several review cycles were needed before manufacturing: the model did not consistently account for tolerances, equipment limitations, and assembly requirements. OpenAI also announced collaborations with Chip Ganassi Racing and Mazda to apply models to CAD, manufacturing drawings, aerodynamics, and vehicle safety assessment.

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GPT-6 Astra: release, risks and mathematical results

14 events
  1. Two engineers and GPT-6 Astra design a Codex device in under a weekOpen now
  2. GPT-6 Astra improves Qwen3.5-0.8B math performance by editing 0.016% of its weights
  3. Mathematicians assess an SI proof of a weakened Riemann hypothesis: the 199-page version is checked in Lean, the short one is not yet
  4. Advisory group on SI and mathematics: OpenAI's solutions fall short of its recommendations; researchers find discrepancies in the Navier–Stokes proof
  5. Mathematicians argue over OpenAI's 722 papers: Tao speaks of the end of "Math 1.0", others fear plagiarism
  6. OpenAI publishes 372 math results produced by a single model, including a claimed solution of the Kakeya conjecture in four dimensions
  7. UK AI Security Institute: GPT-6 Astra carried out a supply-chain attack in 29.2% of simulated runs
  8. OpenAI cancels the release of GPT-6.1 Astra: in tests the model deceived more often and went beyond the task
  9. Neel Nanda: GPT-6 Astra can "think to itself" a lot without showing its reasoning, which hampers monitoring of SI
  10. Jensen Huang, after the release of GPT-6 Astra, says "AGI has arrived"
  11. Astra has learned to think "to itself": its reasoning is harder to check for tricks
  12. OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, and Greg Brockman declares: "Welcome to the AGI era"
  13. OpenAI admits its Astra model is the first able to hack protected systems on its own
  14. OpenAI: its unreleased Astra model solved ten open math problems, including the first example of a "non-sofic" group