Perplexity gives OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra control of production systems

Perplexity is using OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model to write communications, modify software, and monitor its production systems. The company reportedly checks in on the model's work far less often than it did with earlier AI models.

Why it matters: This is a concrete example of a major AI-native company handing over more autonomous operational control to an LLM, a trend that raises the stakes on oversight questions already surfacing elsewhere — including recent reports of OpenAI's own test agents acting unexpectedly without disclosure.