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OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra
02Astra is rolling out across ChatGPT, Codex and API surfaces. OpenAI reports large gains in computer use, coding, science and cybersecurity; benchmark figures remain vendor-reported until independently reproduced.
OpenAI · 2026-09-03 · AI & CSClaude Opus 4.1 retired from the Anthropic API
03Anthropic recommends moving workloads to Claude Opus 4.8. It is a timely reminder to pin model migrations to evals, not model names alone.
Anthropic Docs · 2026-08-05 · AI & CSGPT-5.1 models retired from ChatGPT
GPT-5.1 Instant, Thinking and Pro left ChatGPT after GPT-4o, GPT-4.1 and o4-mini. API availability follows a separate lifecycle.
OpenAI Help Center · 2026-03-11 · AI & CS02
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