OpenAI: New model needs more safety measures before launch

OpenAI: New model needs more safety measures before launch

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Today's Top Stories - September 2, 2026

Today's Top Stories - September 2, 2026

OpenAI’s forthcoming artificial intelligence model Astra is the company’s first to meet its “critical cybersecurity capability” threshold and will require stronger safeguards before release, the AI firm said Tuesday.

In a blog post, OpenAI said Astra can find and exploit previously unknown security flaws across “many well-protected systems” without a human prompt to do so.

It is the company’s first model to meet the critical capability threshold laid out in the AI firm’s Preparedness Framework.

This means a model can identify and exploit previously unknown security vulnerabilities without human involvement, in........

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