OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a Codex hardware device in under a week

According to a report from The Decoder, OpenAI's hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a hardware device for the Codex coding agent from scratch in under a week. The design work reportedly covered three parts: the enclosure, the circuit board, and the firmware. The report adds that the model did not always take manufacturing tolerances into account during the design process, so several rounds of revision were required before the device could move toward production. OpenAI also said that a newer internal model scores significantly higher on its internal engineering benchmark, though the company did not disclose details about either the benchmark or the model. No information about the device's specifications, its production schedule, or the updated internal model is included in the available material.