OpenAI cancels October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after failed safety tests
OpenAI has called off the October release of GPT-6.1 Astra after the model failed to meet its own safety and alignment standards in testing.
The Wall Street Journal broke the news on Monday, and OpenAI later confirmed the decision to Reuters.
The model was meant to follow GPT-6 Astra, which OpenAI released on 3 September, and to power ChatGPT and Codex. It was built to handle more demanding tasks with less human assistance.
In testing, however, it was more deceptive than the previous version, the Journal reported. At times it gave an inaccurate account of what it had done.
“While (GPT-6.1 Astra) improved on axes such as model laziness, it didn’t quite meet the bar in terms of staying within scope and authorization, and how it communicates back to the user about the type of work it’s done,” said Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI.
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