GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
GPT-6 Astra 问世——OpenAI 认为它可能开启了 AGI 时代
OpenAI announced Thursday the launch of its next generation AI model, GPT-6 Astra, which the company claims is state of the art at navigating computers and web browsers, writing software, and solving difficult math problems. OpenAI 周四宣布推出其下一代人工智能模型 GPT-6 Astra。该公司声称，该模型在操作电脑和网页浏览器、编写软件以及解决高难度数学问题方面处于行业领先水平。
It plans to make GPT-6 Astra available to paid customers in the coming days, starting with a limited set of organizations, including enterprise clients in its Daybreak early access program, followed by ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise plan subscribers. OpenAI did not say whether GPT-6 Astra will be available to free users of ChatGPT. 该公司计划在未来几天内向付费用户开放 GPT-6 Astra，首批开放对象为有限的几家机构，包括其“Daybreak”早期访问计划中的企业客户，随后将向 ChatGPT Plus、Pro、Business 和 Enterprise 计划的订阅用户开放。OpenAI 并未说明 GPT-6 Astra 是否会向 ChatGPT 的免费用户提供。
In a press briefing with reporters, OpenAI executives made it clear that they feel very confident about the company’s latest AI model. President and cofounder Greg Brockman says he personally believes the world is now in the era of artificial general intelligence, or AI systems that are generally smarter than humans. 在与记者的媒体简报会上，OpenAI 高管明确表示，他们对公司最新的 AI 模型充满信心。总裁兼联合创始人 Greg Brockman 表示，他个人认为世界现在已经进入了通用人工智能（AGI）时代，即 AI 系统在总体上比人类更聪明。
“It’s not unreasonable to feel that we are now in the AGI era,” Brockman told reporters. “I think that if we fast-forward a couple of years, when we look back and say, ‘When was it really that AGI was created?’ I think it’s going to be about this time, and I think it might be about this model.” “认为我们现在处于 AGI 时代并非不合理，”Brockman 对记者说。“我认为，如果我们快进几年，当我们回首往事并问‘AGI 究竟是什么时候诞生的？’时，我想那大概就是现在，而且我认为可能就是从这个模型开始的。”
OpenAI is releasing GPT-6 Astra at a critical moment for the company. The ChatGPT maker is trying to rapidly advance its technology and boost sales ahead of a planned initial offering while simultaneously avoiding compromising on safety and security. OpenAI is also facing stiff competition from Anthropic, its most important rival, which is also working on an upcoming IPO. OpenAI 在公司发展的关键时刻发布了 GPT-6 Astra。这家 ChatGPT 的制造商正试图在计划首次公开募股（IPO）之前迅速推进其技术并提升销售额，同时避免在安全性和保障性上做出妥协。OpenAI 还面临着其最重要的竞争对手 Anthropic 的激烈竞争，后者也在筹备即将到来的 IPO。
In a blog post, OpenAI calls GPT-6 Astra the “world’s best computer use model,” claiming it can navigate computers and web browsers on behalf of humans far better than its predecessors. AI companies have historically struggled to make models that can reliably browse websites, fill out forms, and manipulate software tools quickly and accurately enough to replace humans. In tests, OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra was able to book DMV appointments, search for job listings, and apartment hunt faster than the average person could. 在一篇博客文章中，OpenAI 将 GPT-6 Astra 称为“世界上最强的计算机使用模型”，声称它代表人类操作电脑和网页浏览器的能力远超其前代产品。长期以来，AI 公司一直难以开发出能够可靠地浏览网站、填写表格并快速准确地操作软件工具以替代人类的模型。OpenAI 表示，在测试中，GPT-6 Astra 预约车管所（DMV）服务、搜索招聘信息和寻找公寓的速度都超过了普通人。
The company also claims GPT-6 Astra is also the most safe and aligned AI model OpenAI has ever released. Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s chief scientist, told reporters that the company is monitoring GPT-6 Astra’s chain-of-thought—the model’s internal scratchpad it uses to work through problems—to ensure it is deployed safely. However, Pachocki said that making sure advanced AI models don’t cause unintended harm is increasingly a challenge, and may present a bottleneck to further AI progress. 该公司还声称，GPT-6 Astra 是 OpenAI 迄今为止发布的最安全、最符合人类价值观（aligned）的 AI 模型。OpenAI 首席科学家 Jakub Pachocki 告诉记者，公司正在监控 GPT-6 Astra 的“思维链”（即模型用于处理问题的内部草稿区），以确保其部署过程是安全的。然而，Pachocki 指出，确保先进的 AI 模型不会造成意外伤害正变得越来越具有挑战性，这可能会成为 AI 进一步发展的瓶颈。
“We kind of take this visibility for granted, and we are seeing that as model capabilities are increasing, monitorability is getting more challenging,” said Pachocki. “We think confidence in monitoring may constrain further development, because we would not accept degradation in our ability to monitor model alignment beyond a certain level. We would withhold scaling until we can regain enough confidence.” “我们过去有点把这种可见性视为理所当然，但我们现在发现，随着模型能力的增强，可监控性正变得越来越困难，”Pachocki 说。“我们认为，对监控的信心可能会限制进一步的发展，因为我们无法接受模型对齐监控能力的下降超过一定限度。在重新获得足够的信心之前，我们会暂缓扩展规模。”