The concerns center on agentic AI, which is designed to perform tasks with little to no human intervention. The promise of agents running around the clock is central to investors' confidence in the appeal of AI as a transformative technology.

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.

OpenAI's upcoming Astra model is the first to reach Critical cybersecurity capabilities under its Preparedness Framework, prompting a development