Astra
2 published articles
OpenAI4 min read
AI Safety
OpenAI's Astra may hide its 'thinking.' Safety researchers are alarmed
The Information reports Astra uses an opaque, looped architecture that hides its reasoning. A top Redwood Research scientist calls it the worst development for AI safety to date, and OpenAI has not denied a single detail.
2026-09-14
OpenAI3 min read
Agentic AI's growing cyber-capability problem
OpenAI paused Astra on fears it can hack hardened systems unaided
OpenAI paused internal work on Astra, its in-development model, after evaluations concluded the company cannot rule out 'critical cyber capabilities' under its Preparedness Framework. The full threshold describes a model that finds zero-day exploits in hardened systems without human intervention.
2026-08-13