{"slug": "openai-is-releasing-astra-with-critical-cybersecurity-level", "title": "OpenAI is releasing Astra with 'critical' cybersecurity level", "summary": "OpenAI's Astra model has reached the company's highest 'critical' cybersecurity level, enabling it to autonomously identify software vulnerabilities and develop exploits, including for zero-day attacks. The development raises the stakes for AI-powered cyberattacks and defense, according to Scott Melker on Yahoo Finance's 'The Daily Wolf.'", "body_md": "Scott Melker discusses OpenAI's ([OPAI.PVT](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/OPAI.PVT/)) latest model, Astra, which has reached the company's highest \"critical\" cybersecurity level. Astra can autonomously identify software vulnerabilities and develop exploits, including attacks targeting previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities, raising the stakes for both AI-powered cyberattacks and defense.\n\n\"[The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker](https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/daily-wolf/?fr=sycsrp_catchall)\" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto.\n\nMake sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new [ crypto hub](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/) to find the latest crypto-related news.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-releasing-astra-with-critical-cybersecurity-level", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/openai-releasing-astra-critical-cybersecurity-181500352.html", "published_at": "2026-09-02 18:15:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-02 18:54:15.046159+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Astra", "Scott Melker", "Yahoo Finance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-releasing-astra-with-critical-cybersecurity-level", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-releasing-astra-with-critical-cybersecurity-level.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-releasing-astra-with-critical-cybersecurity-level.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-releasing-astra-with-critical-cybersecurity-level.jsonld"}}