@gabriel1: so exciting, can't wait to try this beast
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Sam Altman announces that 'astra' is a powerful AI model being prepared for general availability, with additional safety time needed due to its cyber capabilities.
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so exciting, can’t wait to try this beast
Sam Altman (@sama): astra is a powerful model and we are working to make it generally available.
we do not think it is a good strategy to keep powerful models to a chosen few.
given its cyber capabilities, we need a little big longer to do do this safely. but hopefully not too long!
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