OpenAI Says Latest Model Improves Capabilities in Low-Resource Programming Languages

On October 20, 2026, OpenAI said its latest model has enhanced software building and migration capabilities in low-resource programming languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. OpenAI said these languages underpin systems that banks, governments, and enterprises rely on, and that the progress means the model can understand decades of business logic, helping developers modernize systems without breaking the parts that already work. OpenAI also said it is building these capabilities around the challenges raised by developers and enterprise customers, and is soliciting team feedback on which languages and workflows to address next. On the same day, another report said OpenAI released a programming model, GPT-6 Astra, for legacy programming languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic, and said the model has been made available to developers through the OpenAI API for programming tasks in COBOL, Fortran, OCam, and Visual Basic; the report also provided score data for two evaluations, MultiLangBench and COBOL migration. The above evaluation figures come from that media report; OpenAI's official statement did not mention specific model names or scores.

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   OpenAI says latest model improves capabilities in low-resource programming languages

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