
Astra ad sparks debate over AI's grip on creative work
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ad envisions a dystopian future where a single person interacts with a screen to create everything—from Blender 3D models to games and meals—prompting backlash over its portrayal of creative labor, concerns Astra could conceal its reasoning or exploit vulnerabilities, questions about its cost and adoption, and blowback from Blender’s open‑source community for featuring artwork in the ad.