OpenAI launches Astra for Law with GPT-6 for select firms

Published Thursday, September 17, 2026 · 8:10 PM EDT

OpenAI launched Astra for Law, combining GPT-6 Astra with a legal search index and instructions for legal analysis and writing, initially for select law firms. OpenAI described the product as its most powerful model configured into a new AI foundation for law.

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