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OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing

By Julia Kollewe and Dan Milmo · The Guardian Technology · · Original article ↗

GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behaviour and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafe

As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you

OpenAI is scrapping the release of a next-generation ⁠AI model after researchers raised safety concerns ⁠during internal testing.

The model, GPT-6.1 Astra, was expected to appear in ChatGPT and ⁠Codex in October, designed to handle more complex tasks without human assistance.

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