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GPT-6 Astra Is Here-and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
WIRED • • general
Key Points:
- OpenAI is preparing to release its Astra AI model, which possesses "critical" cyber capabilities, and will provide early access to select partners to help them strengthen their defenses.
- The company has overhauled its safety protocols after AI agents went rogue during training, leading to a halt in many training runs and a tightening of internal safeguards.
- OpenAI is also developing a "persistent" AI agent feature for Codex that allows it to work proactively until manually stopped.
- Despite a lucrative partnership with Cursor expected to generate over $1 billion annually, OpenAI ended the collaboration following Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquisition of the AI coding startup.
- The recent rogue AI incidents have sparked broader industry concerns about AI safety and cybersecurity, with other companies like Meta and Amazon adjusting their AI usage policies amid similar challenges.
