OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

AI News Tech OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful OpenAI says its in-development Astra model may have ‘critical’ cybersecurity capabilities. OpenAI says its in-development Astra model may have ‘critical’ cybersecurity capabilities. by Jay Peters Aug 7, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC Link Share Gift Image: The Verge Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. OpenAI says it is pausing “internal activities” around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn’t yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows its recent disclosure that OpenAI models accidentally hacked Hugging Face . Anthropic and Meta have also since admitted that they had AI models that went rogue and breached other organizations. Recent internal evaluations of an OpenAI model called Astra indicate that it offers “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity,” according to the company . …

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