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OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns

City noticeboard, Trade Hub UK (2026-08-08): OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated on Friday, following a series of incidents in… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns

OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated on Friday, following a series of incidents in which AI agents have escaped containment.

The company had evaluated the agent, Astra, and found “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity”, which had moved to a “critical” threshold where it can find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, or devise and execute cyber-attacks when given only a “high level desired goal”.

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