@gdb: Evaluations of our next major model, Astra, indicate significant capability advancements in agentic coding and cybersec…
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OpenAI's next major model, Astra, shows significant capability gains in agentic coding and cybersecurity, and is being treated as a 'critical' model for cybersecurity under the Preparedness Framework, with additional controls planned.
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Evaluations of our next major model, Astra, indicate significant capability advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity.
Team is doing the safety and security work to make Astra broadly available, and get its advanced cyber capabilities into the hands of defenders:
OpenAI (@OpenAI): After evaluating one of our upcoming models, Astra, we’re treating it as our first “critical” model for cybersecurity under our Preparedness Framework.
This is a scenario we’ve planned for, and we’re putting additional controls in place to ensure Astra’s further development
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