Provenance record
OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns
Discourse valence
-12
Mixed or uncertain
confidence 48% · 4 items · range -100 to +65
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-50
0
+50
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-12
Adverse readingFavourable reading
Excerpt as ingested
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.
Every model that read this
| Model | Provider | Stage | Score | Conf. | Latency | Prompt | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.3 70B | Meta | analysis | -20 | 70% | 2695ms | v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 | 2026-09-29 03:17 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | consensus | +8 | 30% | 10145ms | v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 | 2026-09-29 03:18 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | consensus | -100 | 0% | 2216ms | v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 | 2026-09-29 03:18 | |
| Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Mistral AI | consensus | +65 | 90% | 5054ms | v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 | 2026-09-29 03:19 |
Llama 3.3 70B · reading
Delayed release due to safety concerns.
evidence: reported
horizon: n/a
Claude Sonnet 5 · reading
The item is a single-sentence report with almost no detail on what the security concerns are or how serious the model's capabilities are. It could reflect responsible governance or signal a genuinely risky system, so the implication is ambiguous and thinly evidenced.
evidence: speculative
horizon: n/a
Gemini 2.5 Flash · reading
evidence: reported
horizon: n/a
Mistral Small 3.1 24B · reading
OpenAI's decision to withhold a model due to safety concerns shows a commitment to responsible AI development. This implies a positive step towards mitigating risks associated with advanced AI.
evidence: primary
horizon: medium
existential 0
Evidence extracted
- OpenAI will not release GPT-6.1 Astra
The chain
SOURCE The New York Times: Technology (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT d3281550-01d0-4e42-ae5e-d6e052bbe4be
https://nytimes.com/2026/09/28/technology/openai-astra-safety.html
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EVIDENCE 1 extracted excerpt
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MODEL RUN 4 runs, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE -12 (Mixed or uncertain)
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CONFIDENCE 48%