Crazy! OpenAI just quietly admitted something huge: they built a model so good at hacking that they had to invent a new safety tier just for it. Astra is the first model ever to hit "Critical" cybersecurity capability under OpenAI's Preparedness Framework. Translation: give it access and a goal, and it can find zero-day vulnerabilities and chain them into working exploits against hardened systems, with no human walking it through each step. The proof is in the details: → It scored a…

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As we prepare to release Astra, we’re focused on making increasingly capable AI safe and broadly accessible. Astra represents a significant advance in cybersecurity capability, reaching the Critical threshold under our Preparedness Framework. We're previewing how we evaluated the model, how its safeguards have advanced alongside its capabilities, and what we'll continue to learn and improve. https://openai.com/index/path-to-astra/