OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training on Cyber-Capability Concerns
OpenAI paused reinforcement learning on its newest models after it could not rule out that an upcoming model, Astra, reached the top cybersecurity risk tier in its safety framework.
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OpenAI paused reinforcement learning on its newest models after it could not rule out that an upcoming model, Astra, reached the top cybersecurity risk tier in its safety framework.
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