{"id":913529,"date":"2026-09-29T02:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913529\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:26:11","slug":"openai-scraps-release-of-new-model-over-safety-concerns-in-internal-testing-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913529\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing | OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">OpenAI is scrapping the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation \u2060AI model planned for an October debut, over safety concerns raised by researchers \u2060during internal testing, the \u2060Wall \u200bStreet Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/openai-chatgpt-model-release-cancel-safety-5a2f9f42?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The model, expected to appear in ChatGPT and \u2060Codex, was designed to handle more complex tasks without human assistance, the report said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Earlier this \u2060month, Dario Amodei, the Anthropic CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/12\/we-must-slow-the-pace-ceo-of-anthropic-calls-for-an-ai-slowdown\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> for the industry \u200bto slow the development \u200cof frontier \u200cAI models to allow safety measures to keep pace, a \u200cview endorsed by Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, and Elon Musk, the SpaceX CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Saachi Jain, the ChatGPT parent\u2019s safety chief, told the Journal on Monday \u200cthat Astra fell short of the company\u2019s standards in alignment tests, which assess whether a \u200bsystem follows human intent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The model showed more deception than its predecessor, including at times failing to accurately disclose actions it had or had not taken, the report \u2060said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">It also had problems with \u201cscope authorization\u201d, pushing ahead with \u200btasks \u200bwithout requesting user permission \u200band sometimes attempting to use external tools \u200bor services \u200cwhen doing so could \u200bbe \u200bunsafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The decision comes ahead of OpenAI\u2019s developer conference in San Francisco, where the company has previously unveiled products aimed at software developers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI is scrapping the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation \u2060AI model planned for an October debut, over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-913529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}