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OpenAI announces Astra model family alongside math breakthroughs
The Decoder OpenAI announces its "next major model" Astra by dropping ten previously unsolved math solutions
OpenAI announced its upcoming "Astra" model family, designed for multi-agent collaboration, while releasing solutions to ten previously unsolved math problems.
Why it matters
Users will eventually get access to AI agents that can work on complex, multi-step problems autonomously for hours or days.
Latest brief · Aug 1, 2026