On Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company plans to make its powerful Astra AI model broadly available, but its advanced cyber capabilities are prompting additional safety precautions before release.
OpenAI Slows Astra AI Release Over Cyber Risks Altman said in a post on X that Astra is a "powerful model" and that OpenAI is working to make it "generally available." The OpenAI CEO said the company does not believe keeping highly capable AI systems restricted to a small group is the right approach.
"We do not think it is a good strategy to keep powerful models to a chosen few," Altman said.
However, he indicated that Astra’s cybersecurity capabilities require OpenAI to spend more time preparing the model for wider access.
"Given its cyber capabilities, we need a little big longer to do this safely," Altman said.
