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GPT-6 Astra Doubles the ARC-AGI-3 Record as Aleph Alpha Ships Open-Weight Kolibri

Monday, October 5, 2026 · 11 min

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ARC Prize measured GPT-6 Astra at 62.7% on ARC-AGI-3 under its neutral harness, and Aleph Alpha released Kolibri, a 78B open-weight German-English model under Apache 2.0. Plus Vultr's $1.2 billion AMD Helios order with HPE and GMI Cloud's $668 million raise.

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ARC Prize measured GPT-6 Astra at 62.7% on ARC-AGI-3 under its neutral harness, and Aleph Alpha released Kolibri, a 78B open-weight German-English model under Apache 2.0. Plus Vultr's $1.2 billion AMD Helios order with HPE and GMI Cloud's $668 million raise.

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