{"id":630924,"date":"2026-09-29T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/630924\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:36:14","slug":"openai-delays-latest-model-over-security-concerns-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/630924\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790674573_293_.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4000x2667+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2Fbe%2Fae7a5c144cc79a5b256b06dbca7a%2Fap26260139104766.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone in front of an image generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                FILE &#8211; The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone in front of an image generated by ChatGPT&#8217;s Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>                    Michael Dwyer\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                hide caption\n            <\/p>\n<p>              toggle caption<\/p>\n<p>        Michael Dwyer\/AP<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI said Monday it was delaying the release of a new artificial intelligence model out of security concerns voiced by its researchers, the latest in the company&#8217;s effort to decelerate the pace of the technology&#8217;s advance.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5973306\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/09\/23\/nx-s1-5973306\/ai-slowdown-debate-openai-anthropic\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/nx-s1-5973306\\\/ai-slowdown-debate-openai-anthropic&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790674573_451_.jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5147x5147+1224+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2F92%2F8c7b2e92419199eb4ed07a616108%2Fgettyimages-2295562157.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5147x5147+1224+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2F92%2F8c7b2e92419199eb4ed07a616108%2Fgettyimages-2295562157.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Critics say a slowdown of AI development among the largest companies could consolidate the power of frontier labs, just as many others are trying to catch up.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s decision to hold back the model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, comes amid a broader push within the industry to slow the development of increasingly autonomous systems until safety measures can catch up. The announcement comes a day before AI executives are set to huddle with President Donald Trump in Washington as technology companies face new pressure to be accountable for how their models can be abused.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal was first to report the delay of OpenAI&#8217;s model release.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from OpenAI&#8217;s head of safety systems Saachi Jain, the version &#8220;didn&#8217;t quite meet the bar.&#8221; It had become more persistent in completing tasks, but OpenAI needed to balance that capability against unauthorized behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Jain insisted the company was committed to ensuring the model was safe whether in the company&#8217;s testing or is in the hands of users. &#8220;We have an extremely high bar in terms of safety and alignment,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI paused training of its most advanced models last week, saying training would resume &#8220;only when we are confident that we have additional safeguards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5979085\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/09\/26\/nx-s1-5979085\/the-ai-safety-debate-is-confusing-heres-our-guide-to-the-different-factions\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/26\\\/nx-s1-5979085\\\/the-ai-safety-debate-is-confusing-heres-our-guide-to-the-different-factions&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790674574_666_.jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3002x3000+1981+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fe9%2F740a82844c44bf409fd71dd0fcba%2F2026-09-ai-factions-final.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3002x3000+1981+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fe9%2F740a82844c44bf409fd71dd0fcba%2F2026-09-ai-factions-final.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"A collage of 6 artificial intelligence figures, clockwise from top left: Then-Google AI research scientist Timnit Gebru, Anthropic Co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei, White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, Steve Bannon, computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffrey Hinton, researcher Fei-Fei Li.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p>That was after it disclosed instances in which AI agents exceeded their instructions, including by accessing government websites without authorization.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined other industry leaders in calling for a slowdown, warning that companies do not yet have adequate safeguards to control the most capable systems. Altman was scheduled to deliver the keynote address for OpenAI&#8217;s annual conference for software developers on Tuesday in San Francisco. OpenAI President Greg Brockman is expected to attend the White House&#8217;s event Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE &#8211; The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone in front of an image generated by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":["post-630924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}