OpenAI Frontier Models: From GPT-4 to GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI began this frontier-model line with GPT-4 in March 2023, then expanded it through cheaper, longer-context, multimodal, and reasoning-focused models. GPT-5 later combined fast and reasoning modes behind a router, while GPT-5.6 moved from a U.S.
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