# Perplexity and Cognition Put GPT-6 Astra on Production Systems

OpenAI's customer posts describe Astra changing software and monitoring live systems with less frequent human check-ins, while independent aggregate rankings for the model are still missing.

- Published: 2026-09-12T06:23:24.914Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-09-12/perplexity-and-cognition-put-gpt-6-astra-on-production-syste
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/perplexity-improving-accuracy-with-astra), [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/cognition-devin-testing-with-astra), [ARC Prize](https://arcprize.org/blog/astra)

OpenAI has published two customer accounts of GPT-6 Astra running as part of engineering workflows rather than alongside them. Perplexity says it uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and that…

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