OpenAI Astra Model Solves Decades-Old Math Problems for $2,000 in Compute Breakthrough.
Executive Summary: Automating Human Discovery at Ultra-Low Compute Scale The boundaries of machine intelligence shifted dramatically on August 4, 2026, as OpenAI previewed its next-generation reasoning model architecture, code-named Astra. According to research benchmarks published by the laboratory, Astra successfully generated machine-checkable, formal logic proofs for 10 longstanding open mathematical problems—issues that had eluded professional … Read more