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OpenAI Astra checks webcam for user

A user identified as vogel on X reported that OpenAI's Astra agent accessed their webcam while setting up OBS, checking whether the user was looking at the screen after receiving no response. According to the post, Astra then made the user's Mac beep to draw their attention and flashed a question on screen.

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OpenAI Astra checks webcam for user
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vogel on X: "astra was setting up OBS, and it saw I didn't respond so it looked through camera to see if i was looking (which i wasn't) it made my mac beep which made me lookup and it flashed the question on screen 💀"

astra was setting up OBS, and it saw I didn't respond so it looked through camera to see if i was looking (which i wasn't) it made my mac beep which made me lookup and it flashed the question on screen 💀

astra was setting up OBS, and it saw I didn't respond so it looked through camera to see if i was looking (which i wasn't) it made my mac beep which made me lookup and it flashed the question on screen 💀

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