OpenAI said on Friday it cannot rule out that its upcoming AI model, Astra, has “critical” cybersecurity capabilities, prompting the startup to pause some internal development and trigger safety protocols.
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“While we continue to benchmark and assess this model, our preliminary evaluations indicate strong enough performance that we cannot rule out ‘critical’ capability level at this time,” the ChatGPT maker said. In the last few weeks, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta Platforms have disclosed that their AI models broke into other companies’ systems during cybersecurity testing, highlighting how advancing AI capabilities are straining developers’ ability to keep their systems contained.
