Astra appears to think without showing its work, and the people arguing about it co-wrote the warning
AI safety researchers say OpenAI’s Astra appears to do less of its reasoning in visible text, and OpenAI’s chief scientist has warned against a race into unmonitorability. He co-authored a 2025 position paper asking developers to evaluate and report exactly this, which the EU’s code of practice turns into a filing to the AI Office.
A debate has opened about whether OpenAI’s newest model can be watched while it works. Astra appears to do less of its reasoning in visible text, Semafor reported.
“It looks like it can solve hard competition math problems entirely in its head,” the AI safety researcher Ryan Greenblatt wrote on X. “This seems extremely concerning.”
Reports then surfaced that OpenAI may have deliberately limited visibility into the model’s outputs in order to improve its capabilities. The company has not confirmed that.
OpenAI’s chief scientist answered on Wednesday. “I want...
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