OpenAI has faced criticism for its troubled rollout of GPT-6 Astra, which made the new model unavailable to paying customers. Chief Executive Sam Altman apologized and promised to speed up service to all users.
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The initial phase of deployment only affects enterprise customers of Daybreak, a specialized artificial intelligence cybersecurity platform. Massive access to Plus, Pro and Business subscribers, as well as to partners via API, was reportedly promised within days, but the delay caused dissatisfaction among audiences, especially those paying for premium plans. edge.
Ultraman admitted that users on social networks were frustrated; noticedThe team is actively working to open access to GPT-6 Astra as soon as possible. Although a specific date has not yet been announced, the executive expressed hope that the service will be available by the weekend. To make up for the waiting time, OpenAI will give users a reset daily save limit that can be used later to restore available quota.
In addition to organizational difficulties, experts have expressed concerns about the security of the new model: Astra’s reasoning logic is more difficult to monitor, and this raises concerns in the context of the recent AI agent incident on Hugging Face. OpenAI said at the time that it delayed Astra’s release to improve security, but that didn’t stop ongoing technical glitches with release materials and load balancing.
The company’s previous major updates have also been plagued by bugs. “I think we totally screwed it up on launch.Altman said, recalling the release of GPT-5, which was marred by technical issues. Meanwhile, the unexpected decision to remove the popular GPT-4o model caused considerable dissatisfaction among users.
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