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GPT-6 Astra completes Portal game autonomously in under 24 hours

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The AI model GPT-6 Astra has successfully completed the game Portal without any human intervention, achieving the feat in approximately 24 hours. The developer, cozyblaze, released the code and documentation for the model on GitHub. Despite this achievement, the developer described Astra as "the worst model we'll ever get." AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's growing capability in complex, goal-oriented tasks beyond traditional benchmarks.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes an AI model's performance in a video game, which falls under AI-adjacent tooling rather than a core AI release.

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GPT-6 Astra completes Portal game autonomously in under 24 hours

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    GPT-6 Astra beat Portal start to finish without human help in under 24 hours

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gpt6astra_portal.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> GPT-6 Astra beat the puzzle game Portal entirely on its own…

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