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

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 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

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Published: 8 August 2026
Source: The Guardian
Category: News
Topics: Military & security · Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 9 August 2026

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ethics.ai (8 August 2026), “OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns,” evidence record 17683, https://ethics.ai/record/17683 (originally published by The Guardian).

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