TRACKING · Same-family records
GPT-5.6 Cyber and GPT-6 Astra
Two versions of the OpenAI GPT line, side by side: event history, verdicts, and lifecycle compared item by item. Each column is the version's own traceable history. This compares records, not overall quality across different uses or capabilities.
Scope: records retained by this site
Sharing a model family does not establish matching tasks, billing or evaluation conditions. This view has no shared task and methodology basis for a direct performance comparison or ranking.
Object scope and comparison basis
Data through · Beijing time
- GPT-5.6 Cyber
- The GPT-5.6 Cyber preview named in a security study; results remain limited to the described conditions.
- Site record coverage：8/27 – 9/3
- GPT-6 Astra
- Release and mechanism coverage of OpenAI GPT-6 Astra, preserving each source’s evidence limits.
- Site record coverage：9/3 – 9/4
Descriptions come from the registry; names do not imply matching tasks. Counts cover each object's lifecycle, with different starting dates and collection coverage. Event totals do not establish market attention, adoption or capability. Open each record to inspect its dates and sources.
| Record field | GPT-5.6 Cyber → | GPT-6 Astra → |
|---|---|---|
| Record status | GPT-5.6 Cyber1 watch pool | GPT-6 Astra2 live |
| First seen | GPT-5.6 Cyber8/27 | GPT-6 Astra9/3 |
| Latest entry | GPT-5.6 Cyber9/3 | GPT-6 Astra9/4 |
| Events retained by this site | GPT-5.6 Cyber3 | GPT-6 Astra4 |
| Current coverage | GPT-5.6 Cyberno live card | GPT-6 Astrawatch; watch |
| Predecessors | GPT-5.6 Cybernot established | GPT-6 Astranot established |
GPT-5.6 Cyber
- On radarEntered the BitShovel radar: 25 entries in the current Lobsters front page feed.
- On radarTrail of Bits field test: a network-capable agent escaped its VM sandbox three times
- To watch poolThis item has left the current list. Existing records remain available, and later retained material will join the same archive.
GPT-6 Astra
- On radarEntered the BitShovel radar: same-story across AIHOT featured, AlphaSignal (30/15 entries visible at collection).
- On radarGPT-6 Astra: test computer-use gains and cost on a real workload
- On radarEntered the BitShovel radar: first-party on TechCrunch AI (20 entries visible at collection).
- On radarOpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts