Altman apologized for the Astra rollout within hours and is refunding paying users in banked resets
Sam Altman on X (corroborated by The Verge and thenews.com.pk)via @sama·medium signal
Hours after the GPT-6 Astra launch, Sam Altman posted an apology for the messy rollout and said broad rollout would start with Pro subscribers, after Daybreak-enrolled enterprises got access ahead of the Pro tier that normally goes first. OpenAI committed to a concrete make-good: one banked reset for every day a paid ChatGPT plan lacks Astra access. The inversion is the notable part, a safety-vetted enterprise cohort jumping the queue ahead of the highest-paying consumer tier.