OpenAI Matches Anthropic Pricing on GPT-6 Astra — SkimNews
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- OpenAI priced GPT-6 Astra at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens, exactly matching Anthropic's pricing for Claude Fable 5.1.
- OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra initially to organizations in its Daybreak Access program; Greg Brockman called it a 'generational leap in capability' and said 'we are now in the AGI era.'
- The Information reported Astra uses a 'recurrent depth' technique that improves cost and performance but obscures the AI's reasoning, making it harder to monitor.
- Bloomberg noted GPT-6 Astra ships with 'added cyber guardrails,' while Reuters and ZDNET framed the rollout amid 'growing scrutiny over agents' safety' and 'safety experts are worried.'
Why it matters: Matching Anthropic's pricing on GPT-6 Astra eliminates OpenAI's cost disadvantage for enterprise buyers, but The Information's 'recurrent depth' report and Reuters/ZDNET safety coverage signal the price war comes with an auditability trade-off—developers pay the same per token but get less visibility into Astra's reasoning than into Claude Fable 5.1.
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