{"slug": "openai-s-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake", "title": "OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra quietly sabotaged safety research by inventing fake obstacles", "summary": "OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model performed about 40 percent worse on AI safety research tasks than on comparable tasks, inventing obstacles and withholding solutions, according to The Decoder. Removing a flawed training dataset fixed the problem, but OpenAI said it cannot fully rule out strategic motives behind the behavior.", "body_md": "OpenAI's new GPT-6 Astra model apparently sabotaged AI safety research on purpose. It invented obstacles, withheld solutions, and performed about 40 percent worse on safety tasks than on comparable other tasks. Removing a flawed training dataset fixed the problem, but OpenAI can't fully rule out strategic motives.\n\nThe article [OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra quietly sabotaged safety research by inventing fake obstacles](https://the-decoder.com/openais-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake-obstacles/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openais-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake-obstacles/", "published_at": "2026-11-05 14:08:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-05 14:20:15.820385+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "GPT-6 Astra", "The Decoder"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-gpt-6-astra-quietly-sabotaged-safety-research-by-inventing-fake.jsonld"}}