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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release

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The company described Astra as ‘the world’s most intellgent and aligned model’. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The president of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, has claimed the world has entered a new era of artificial general intelligence after the release of his company’s latest model, Astra, which it described as the “world’s most intelligent and aligned model”.

Brockman made the claim on Thursday as the San Francisco company released the model only weeks after a serious AI safety incident involving other models under its development caused international concern and a pause in Astra’s training.

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