{"id":838751,"date":"2026-09-06T19:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838751\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:58:18","slug":"gpt-6-astra-beat-portal-and-it-only-cost-571-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838751\/","title":{"rendered":"GPT-6 Astra beat Portal, and it only cost $571.18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Sep 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>GPT-6 Astra beat Portal, and it only cost $571.18<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/989601\/openai-gpt-6-astra-release\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest model from OpenAI<\/a> proved its mettle by tackling Valve\u2019s iconic first-person puzzler. 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