GPT‑6 Astra crosses OpenAI's Critical cyber threshold
OpenAI says GPT‑6 Astra is the first model to cross the Critical cybersecurity threshold in its Preparedness Framework, a designation disclosed alongside enterprise pricing of $10 and $50 per million input and output tokens.
OpenAI has published an enterprise-focused follow-up to last week's GPT‑6 Astra launch, detailing pricing, admin controls and safety claims for the model, which is available in ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API.
Astra is the first model to reach the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under OpenAI's Preparedness Framework. The company says it responded by training the model to respect safety and security boundaries, hardening it against attempts to bypass safeguards, and deploying automated checks to block harmful responses.
Pricing starts at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. OpenAI claims the model is state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity and science, and says it occupies most of the cost-efficiency frontier on evaluations including Terminal Bench 4.0 and the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
On an internal computer-use safety benchmark covering scenarios such as exposing confidential information or deleting data, OpenAI says Astra produced unintended outcomes 89% less often than GPT‑5.6 Sol and 74.7% less often than Claude Fable 5.1.
New enterprise admin controls can restrict access to approved websites and desktop applications, manage uploads and downloads, and require approval before consequential actions. Enterprise access is off by default at launch. Zero Data Retention is available to eligible API customers on supported endpoints, subject to approval. OpenAI also launched ChatGPT Desktop plugins for Oracle Analytics, Power BI, Navan and Avalara.
All benchmark and safety figures are vendor-supplied; none have been independently verified. OpenAI did not publish the underlying evaluation methodology.