Overview

GPT-6 Astra is openai’s flagship frontier model family, publicly rolled out September 3, 2026. It serves as the base for vertical configurations including astra-for-law.

Astra for Law Configuration

  • Not a separate model — GPT-6 Astra wrapped with legal-search-index, legal analysis instructions, and specialized settings
  • API identifier: gpt-6-astra-law (coming soon)
  • ChatGPT model picker: “GPT-6 Astra Law”
  • 54.0% correctness on Vals AI Legal Research Bench vs 38.7% for base Astra with web search (vendor benchmark)

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