Perplexity deploys OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra across communications, code, and operations

Perplexity is now using OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra to handle company communications, modify software, and monitor production systems, OpenAI announced today. The move signals a deeper handover of operational control to a single model in a live environment, raising the stakes for reliability and oversight. OpenAI adds that Perplexity checks in far less often than with previous models, suggesting growing confidence in autonomous workflows.

OpenAI characterized the setup as end to end, spanning content drafting, code changes, and production monitoring, and said Perplexity now intervenes less frequently than with earlier models. The shift could pressure rivals to accelerate automation while renewing questions about audit trails and human in the loop safeguards. Watch for Perplexity or OpenAI to release technical details, governance measures, and performance data as the rollout expands. [Developing. This article will be updated.]