OpenAI's next-generation flagship model, GPT 6.2 Astra, is believed to have entered small-scale gray testing. Multiple overseas developers have spotted the new model identifier "gpt-6.2-astra" in Codex usage statistics, with some accounts showing a call share of 19.8%. Meanwhile, OpenAI has published results for an unreleased internal model on a 3D engineering design benchmark, showing an improvement of approximately 47.3% over the current GPT 6 Astra—fueling speculation that a new-generation model is about to be released.