OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, describing it as the world's most intelligent and aligned model. ^[1] Republican politicians in Texas are starting to oppose the rapid expansion of AI data centers, marking a major shift in attitude against backing the current administration's goals for US dominance in the global AI race. ^[2] Texas Governor Greg Abbott has undergone a significant change in position, moving from describing Texas as the 'epicenter of AI development' to calling for new restrictions including regulation and reduced tax incentives. ^[3] OpenAI officially launched GPT-6 Astra, a new artificial intelligence model described as the most powerful to date. ^[4] Astra achieved a 98.6% score on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark and a 97.6% result on the FrontierMath Tier 4 benchmark. ^[5] OpenAI President Greg Brockman stated during a press briefing that future observers might look back at Astra as the model that marked the arrival of the AGI era. ^[6] Governor Greg Abbott's campaign for re-election now calls for restrictions in rural communities and resource consumption measures to protect household bills. ^[7] Opposition to data center expansion is being driven largely by concerns about local costs, including rising electricity bills, strained water supplies, and light and noise pollution. ^[8] GPT-6 Astra can scan entire codebases to detect security vulnerabilities and automatically fix errors in the information technology sector. ^[9] GPT-6 Astra is designed to autonomously execute complex workflows and directly control computer interfaces without human intervention. ^[10] The company has begun rolling out the new model to users of paid ChatGPT packages and the API programming platform. ^[11] Once available in the API, Astra will cost $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. ^[12]