# OpenAI Ships Astra for Law With Its Own Legal Index and a 54% Score on Vals AI's Legal Research Benchmark

The same model using ordinary web search at the highest reasoning setting scored 38.7%, and the index spans more than 230 million legal URLs.

- Published: 2026-09-20T06:20:15.045Z
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OpenAI released Astra for Law on September 17. It is GPT-6 Astra configured with a purpose-built legal search index, instructions tuned for legal analysis and drafting, and administrative controls aimed at law firms. The index covers United…

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