OpenAI puts GPT-6 Astra in a legal lane

OpenAI put GPT-6 Astra into a legal configuration with a U.S. search index covering more than 230 million URLs and 26 partner plugins. On 200 questions from Vals AI’s private Legal Research Bench, OpenAI’s Astra for Law launch reports 54% correctness, versus 38.7% for GPT-6 Astra using web search alone; LawNext’s benchmark breakdown says early access targets selected Am Law 200 firms and API availability is coming. Builders should treat this as a domain-grounding and workflow-integration bet, not a replacement for licensed legal databases or lawyer review, much as Astra’s earlier Critical-cyber rollout made release gates part of product design.