OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a hardware device from scratch in under a week

OpenAI's hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a device for the Codex coding agent in under a week, handling everything from the enclosure to the circuit board to the firmware. Several revision rounds were needed before production because the model didn't always account for manufacturing…

OpenAI's hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a device for the Codex coding agent in under a week, handling everything from the enclosure to the circuit board to the firmware. Several revision rounds were needed before production because the model didn't always account for manufacturing tolerances. A newer internal model scores significantly higher on OpenAI's engineering benchmark, though the company isn't sharing details. The article OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a hardware device from scratch in under a week appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published November 3, 2026 at 20:15 UTC — Category: Models