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OpenAI pauses Astra model work over cybersecurity fears
Tech

OpenAI pauses Astra model work over cybersecurity fears

OpenAI has suspended development on parts of its upcoming Astra model after internal concerns that the system's cybersecurity capabilities crossed safety thresholds. The pause is a rare public admission that a frontier model was advancing faster in dangerous domains than the company's safety teams were comfortable with. Astra had been positioned as a successor to the current flagship reasoning models.

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