Sam Altman on what makes GPT-6/Astra potentially dangerous
Summary
In a Bloomberg interview, Sam Altman revealed that OpenAI's Astra model triggered new safeguards due to its capabilities, and emphasized the need for monitoring as future AI models become more autonomous.
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