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OpenAI calls GPT-6 Astra its most powerful model yet
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OpenAI announced GPT-6 Astra as its most powerful model yet, with some saying that the era of artificial general intelligence is here. Meanwhile, concerns about cybersecurity and tech regulation are rising. Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi joins CBS News with more.
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OpenAI confirms "critical" risks of Astra model, despite plans to release it soon
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OpenAI calls GPT-6 Astra its most powerful model yet
OpenAI is delaying and restricting access to its new Astra model, which has reached a Critical cybersecurity capability rating and can autonomously identify and exploit security flaws, prompting heightened safeguards, monitoring, and a staged rollout to a small group of testers and trusted partners.
The company said Astra is the first model it has designated "Critical" under its Preparedness Framework, capable of finding and exploiting unknown security flaws without human guidance
OpenAI's forthcoming artificial intelligence model Astra is the company's first to meet its "critical cybersecurity capability" threshold and will require stronger safeguards before release, the AI firm said Tuesday.
OpenAI has determined that one of its forthcoming artificial intelligence systems is powerful enough to demand extra layers of protection before it can be released to the public. According to a report from Reuters, company officials disclosed the finding during a Tuesday conference call with reporte…
OpenAI confirmed that its unreleased Astra model has reached a critical cyber capability threshold, which could pose cybersecurity risks. Tim Werth, a tech editor at Mashable, joins CBS News to discuss.
OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-6 Astra , which president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap" and said could eventually be seen as the arrival of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Why it matters: Astra pushes AI agents closer to doing complex professional work on their own — while also…
OpenAI is releasing a new generation of its technology called GPT-6 that the company is positioning as a key milestone in its decade-long push to build so-called artificial general intelligence.
Astra’s arrival comes days after Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, described AGI as an ‘irrelevant marketing term’ The president of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, has claimed the world has entered a new era of artificial general intelligence after the release of his company’s latest model, Astra, which …
“Welcome to the AGI era,” said OpenAI president Greg Brockman at the tail end of a call with reporters about the Thursday release of the company’s newest model, GPT-6 Astra. OpenAI describes AGI, or artificial general intelligence , as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most econom…
OpenAI president Greg Brockman calls Astra "the start of the AGI era" even as outside experts worry about whether the company has effective safety and security controls in place.
The model is the first OpenAI has rated "Critical" under its Preparedness Framework, reflecting its ability to find and exploit novel security vulnerabilities
OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade human monitoring.
OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman discusses the rollout of GPT-6 Astra, the company's latest AI model. He speaks with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman discusses the rollout of GPT-6 Astra, the company's latest AI model, and says the tech industry has done a terrible job of communicating the benefits of AI. Speaking with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg The Close," Altman also says he assumes the company will go public o…
OpenAI began rolling out its latest AI model, GPT-6 Astra, to a limited group of organizations Thursday, after declaring earlier this week that it was the first model to cross the company’s threshold for heightened cyber capabilities.
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