GPT-6 Astra Reimagines Web Design by Refusing to Copy Reference Images

OpenAI's latest frontier model, GPT-6 Astra, handles design references in a counterintuitive way—by largely ignoring them. While rival models like Claude Fable 5.1 tend to literally replicate the colors, layouts, and visual styles from uploaded reference images, Astra uses them as loose guidance while generating original designs with fresh typography, novel color palettes, and entirely new imagery.