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OpenAI announces Astra model family designed for multi-day tasks
The Decoder OpenAI announces its "next major model" Astra by dropping ten previously unsolved math solutions
OpenAI announced Astra, a new model family designed for multi-agent collaboration on complex tasks, alongside solutions to ten previously unsolved math problems.
Why it matters
You will soon be able to set up AI agents that can work on complex, multi-step problems for hours or days without constant human supervision.
Latest brief · Aug 1, 2026