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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Julia Kollewe and Dan Milmo

OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing

A close-up of a wooden OpenAI logo sign beside an illuminated OpenAI banner at a conference venue
OpenAI logo displayed at Moscone Center during a technology summit in San Francisco, California, on 17 September. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

OpenAI is scrapping the release of a next-generation ⁠AI model after researchers raised safety concerns ⁠during internal testing.

The model, GPT-6.1 Astra, was expected to appear in ChatGPT and ⁠Codex in October, designed to handle more complex tasks without human assistance.

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