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Never mind the IPO, here’s the AGI
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/04/openai-gpt-6-is-totally-artificial-general-intelligence-guys - blog post
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GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra
GPT-6 Astra System Card deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-astra/safety-overview-gpt-6-astra
OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’ theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989601/openai-gpt-6-astra-release
OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/openai-artificial-general-intelligence-astra-release
OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg725z5kgzo
Previously on Pivot to AI:
OpenAI o3 beats FrontierMath — because OpenAI funded the test and had access to the questions pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/20/openai-o3-beats-frontiermath-because-openai-funded-the-test-and-had-access-to-questions
AI benchmarks are self-promoting trash — but regulators keep using them pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them
OpenAI’s ‘$110b’ funding round is $25b and some promises pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises
video: youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly
video: youtube.com/watch?v=-c1DC-gNizQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI loses even more executives ahead of the alleged IPO pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/26/openai-loses-even-more-executives-ahead-of-the-alleged-ipo
video: youtube.com/watch?v=_EVSFYPcZ14&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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Never mind the IPO, here’s the AGI
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/04/openai-gpt-6-is-totally-artificial-general-intelligence-guys - blog post
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com
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https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard
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Sources:
GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra
GPT-6 Astra System Card deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-astra/safety-overview-gpt-6-astra
OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’ theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989601/openai-gpt-6-astra-release
OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/openai-artificial-general-intelligence-astra-release
OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg725z5kgzo
Previously on Pivot to AI:
OpenAI o3 beats FrontierMath — because OpenAI funded the test and had access to the questions pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/20/openai-o3-beats-frontiermath-because-openai-funded-the-test-and-had-access-to-questions
AI benchmarks are self-promoting trash — but regulators keep using them pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/25/ai-benchmarks-are-self-promoting-trash-but-regulators-keep-using-them
OpenAI’s ‘$110b’ funding round is $25b and some promises pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/03/openais-110b-funding-round-is-25b-and-some-promises
video: youtube.com/watch?v=vXdofxSKtDg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly
video: youtube.com/watch?v=-c1DC-gNizQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI loses even more executives ahead of the alleged IPO pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/26/openai-loses-even-more-executives-ahead-of-the-alleged-ipo
video: youtube.com/watch?v=_EVSFYPcZ14&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
Image: stock illustration by Studiostoks
