After Hugging Face hack, OpenAI pauses work on Astra AI model over cybersecurity risks

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has announced that it is pausing some activities involving its upcoming artificial intelligence model Astra, after internal evaluations concluded the company ‘cannot rule out critical cyber capabilities.’ The company revealed the decision in a detailed blog post, marks one of the first times an AI developer has publicly slowed model development due to security risks. “We believe advanced cyber-capable models should help defenders identify and address vulnerabilities before attackers do. We’re committed to working alongside governments, safety institutes, and civil society to ensure that the frontier capabilities of models like Astra, and those that follow, are deployed responsibly and broadly for the benefit of all humanity,” the company said in a blog post.

OpenAI’s internal evaluations of Astra