@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 k…

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Sam Altman announces that the Astra model is powerful and OpenAI is working to make it generally available, while taking extra time to ensure safety given its cyber capabilities.

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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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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