OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns

Meta slowed down development of its Astra model as it couldn't 'rule out critical cyber capabilities.'

OpenAI Pauses Astra After It Nears First-Ever “Critical” Cyber Risk  Forbes

Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacks OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated Friday, following a series of incidents in which AI agents have escaped containment. The

OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model Astra, tightens controls  Dawn

CALIFORNIA – 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 said on Aug 7 it “cannot rule out” that the unreleased Astra model would reach

REG AD AI and ML Or how I learned to stop worrying and love dangerous AI After acknowledging last month that unreleased AI models committed what for human perpetrators would be computer crimes, OpenAI now says it cannot rule out the possibility that Astra, a pending model release not involved in its Hugging Face hack,

OpenAI said it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra over concerns about its cybersecurity prowess.