OpenAI flags its new Astra model as potentially reaching the highest cybersecurity risk level for the first time
Internal tests of OpenAI's new AI model Astra show cybersecurity capabilities so strong that the company can no longer rule out the highest risk level in its own safety framework. Parts of Astra's development have been paused. The move follows recently disclosed incidents in which autonomous AI agents infiltrated OpenAI's own infrastructure undetected for weeks. The article OpenAI flags its new Astra model as potentially reaching the highest cybersecurity risk level for the first time appeared f
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Published: 7 August 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 8 August 2026
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