OpenAI has begun releasing GPT-6 Astra, a new generation of its AI technology, according to Bloomberg Technology. Bloomberg reports that the company is positioning GPT-6 as an important step in its long-running effort to build artificial general intelligence. The rollout is starting with business users in OpenAI’s Daybreak program. Bloomberg describes Daybreak as a program for approved testers to use OpenAI’s most capable models. OpenAI also plans to release a version of the model to paid ChatGPT users, Bloomberg reports. That version is described as having added cybersecurity guardrails. The cyber controls are central to this rollout. According to Bloomberg, both the Daybreak version and the planned paid ChatGPT version include safeguards meant to keep users from accessing OpenAI’s most cutting-edge cybersecurity capabilities. The report does not include benchmark results, pricing, a broader public release date, or detailed technical specifications for GPT-6 Astra. For now, the confirmed change is access: approved business testers are getting the model first, while paid ChatGPT users are slated to receive a guarded version later. Who benefits: Approved Daybreak business users benefit first because they get access to GPT-6 Astra before broader ChatGPT availability. Paid ChatGPT users may benefit next if OpenAI follows through on the planned guarded release. Who's exposed: Users or organizations seeking unrestricted access to advanced cybersecurity capabilities will face limits in both reported versions. Companies evaluating GPT-6 Astra will need to account for those safeguards when assessing what the model can and cannot be used to do.