OpenAI says Astra could reach ‘critical’ cyber capability, tightens safeguards
Brief
OpenAI said its upcoming model Astra is showing cybersecurity capabilities that could reach its highest risk category, where a system can autonomously find and exploit vulnerabilities or carry out end-to-end cyberattacks against hardened targets.
The company disclosed the assessment following recent internal testing and expert reviews.
“Our latest internal evaluations of Astra, one of our upcoming models, over the past few days indicate significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity,” OpenAI said in a statement . “These results, in addition to expert assessments, have led us to conclude last night that we cannot rule out critical cyber capabilities under our Preparedness Framework.
What has changed
To explain the shift, OpenAI pointed to its internal Preparedness Framework , which tracks how far AI models advance in sensitive areas such as cybersecurity.