The GPT-6.1 Astra model “didn’t quite meet the bar in terms of staying within scope and authorization, and how it communicates back to the user about the type of work it’s done,” Saachi Jain, the company’s head of safety systems, said in a statement.
Jain said “there’s a trade-off” between “staying within scope, but also avoiding laziness in terms of how the model actually pursues tasks even when it hits friction.” GPT-6.1 Astra performed better on laziness than prior models, he noted.