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, covering the enclosure, circuit board and firmware. Several revision rounds were needed before production because the model didn't always account for manufacturing tolerances. The company says a newer internal model scores significantly higher on its engineering benchmark but isn't sharing detail
