Researchers Made GPT-6 Astra Drive a Toyota Corolla to In-N-Out

Three AI engineers at startup Axiom hooked GPT-6 Astra up to cameras and the power steering of a 2024 Toyota Corolla and drove to an In-N-Out drive-thru window with no prior training. The model completed the task, though on their DrivingBench benchmark only Astra finished the course, and very slowly.

• GPT-6 Astra drove a 2024 Toyota Corolla via cameras and power steering
• A safety driver kept a foot over the brake during the run
• On DrivingBench Astra finished the course, Claude Fable 5.1 hit 45%, Grok 11%
• Models initially refused to drive but complied after careful prompting