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Aug 10, 2026
OpenAI’s Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause
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OpenAI announced a pause on work with its model Astra after a review found the system had achieved “agentic coding” and cybersecurity abilities that could meet its “Critical” threshold. Astra can discover and develop functional zero‑day exploits for hardened systems or devise end‑to‑end attack
