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OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New Astra Model Over Cyber Concerns

Bloomberg Technology Friday 07 August 2026, 17:15 UTC By Seth Fiegerman 1 min read
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OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New Astra Model Over Cyber Concerns OpenAI is pausing some internal work around one of its upcoming artificial intelligence models to implement stricter safeguards after the system was found to be significantly more adept at cybersecurity tasks. The ChatGPT maker on Friday said it “cannot rule out” that the unreleased Astra model would reach OpenAI’s “critical cybersecurity threshold,” meaning it’s capable of identifying and developing zero-day exploits without...

OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New Astra Model Over Cyber Concerns OpenAI is pausing some internal work around one of its upcoming artificial intelligence models to implement stricter safeguards after the system was found to be significantly more adept at cybersecurity tasks. The ChatGPT maker on Friday said it “cannot rule out” that the unreleased Astra model would reach OpenAI’s “critical cybersecurity threshold,” meaning it’s capable of identifying and developing zero-day exploits without human intervention.
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