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OpenAI: New model needs more safety measures before launch

OpenAI said Tuesday that its forthcoming AI model Astra is the first to meet its 'critical cybersecurity capability' threshold, able to find and exploit previously unknown security flaws across 'many well-protected systems' without human prompting, and will require stronger safeguards before release.

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OpenAI’s forthcoming artificial intelligence model Astra is the company’s first to meet its “critical cybersecurity capability” threshold and will require stronger safeguards before release, the AI firm said Tuesday. In a blog post, OpenAI said Astra can find and exploit previously unknown security flaws across “many well-protected systems” without a human prompt to do so.…

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