OpenAI Considered Naming Astra GPT-6

Machine learning engineer and newsletter writer Rohan Paul posted a note citing The Information. The post states that OpenAI considered calling its Astra project GPT-6 before deciding against the name. The message appears in a retweet that includes a link to an image. No further details on the internal discussion or final choice appear in the available posts. The account identifies Paul as a Bengaluru-based Kaggle Master and YouTuber focused on AI topics.