OpenAI said its Astra model has reached the ‘Critical’ cybersecurity capability level under the company’s Preparedness Framework.

The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.

OpenAI says Astra is considerably more capable at cyber tasks than GPT-5.6 Sol. Following the Hugging Face incident, it is being especially cautious about releasing it.