SITUATION EXPLAINED: Astra is the first model OpenAI has designated Critical for cybersecurity. • It can find previously unknown security flaws and develop ways to exploit them across many well-protected systems without a person guiding each step • On an internal benchmark of 20 recently disclosed high-severity V8 vulnerabilities, Astra at 10,000 output tokens substantially outperforms Sol at 140,000 • In expert-led assessments it built a full browser compromise chain that escaped the sandbox…

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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/