# OpenAI — Introducing Astra for Law

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-17
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: 12 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: covered
- Source: https://openai.com/index/astra-for-law
- Record: https://forck.live/items/11756-introducing-astra-for-law
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Models affected: GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI introduced Astra for Law, a configuration of GPT-6 Astra with a legal search index and custom instructions for legal analysis and writing, designed for law firms and legal technology companies to build AI products and workflows. In testing on 200 U.S. legal research questions from the Vals AI Legal Research Bench, Astra for Law passed the overall correctness check on 54.0% of questions compared to 38.7% for GPT-6 Astra using web search alone, a 40% relative improvement. The offering includes privacy and governance controls for confidential client work and 26 ecosystem plugins connecting ChatGPT to tools like Relativity and Clio.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/astra-for-law:

> Astra for Law passed the evaluation’s overall correctness check on 54.0% of questions, compared with 38.7% for GPT‑6 Astra using web search alone – a 40% relative improvement.

## Around this story

Outlets this record can name and link:

- Reuters: https://reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-launches-legal-focused-ai-platform-escalating-race-law-firm-users-2026-09-17
- Business Insider — OpenAI sets its sights on the 200 biggest US law firms: https://businessinsider.com/openai-launches-astra-for-law-targeting-legal-tech-industry-2026-9
- Forbes: https://forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2026/09/17/curious-optimism-about-all-those-state-level-laws-creating-a-convoluted-legal-patchwork-about-ai
- The Decoder — OpenAI takes aim at the legal market with Astra for Law: https://the-decoder.com/openai-takes-aim-at-the-legal-market-with-astra-for-law
- Unite — OpenAI Introduces Astra for Law With Legal Search and Trusted Access: https://unite.ai/openai-introduces-astra-for-law-with-legal-search-and-trusted-access
- RuntimeWire — OpenAI launches Astra for Law with a 230 million-URL search index: https://runtimewire.com/article/openai-launches-astra-for-law-legal-search-plugins
- Neowin: https://neowin.net/news/openai-launches-astra-for-law-with-legal-search-across-230-million-sources
- Business Standard: https://business-standard.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-launches-legal-ai-platform-escalating-race-for-law-firm-users-126091800335_1.html
- Tech in Asia: https://techinasia.com/news/openai-introduces-astra-law-legal-ai-tool
- Artificial Lawyer — OpenAI Launches Astra For Law: https://artificiallawyer.com/2026/09/18/openai-launches-astra-for-law
- ABA Journal — OpenAI introduces new AI model for law firms: https://abajournal.com/news/article/openai-introduces-new-ai-model-for-law-firms

## Follow-ups

- 36Kr (reported, 18 Sep): OpenAI推出法律人工智能平台Astra for Law — https://forck.live/items/11859-openai-astra-for-law

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