OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

OpenAI has temporarily halted internal activities related to its in-development AI model, Astra, because it fails to meet the company's new security standards. Recent internal evaluations revealed that Astra exhibits significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity, meaning OpenAI cannot rule out that the model possesses critical cyber capabilities under its Preparedness Framework. Consequently, the company is implementing stricter security controls and universal monitoring for risky actions across all agentic applications.

(Source：The Verge)