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Morning Edition · Tuesday, September 8, 2026Published at 2:18 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI Rates Astra "Critical" for Cyber Capability and Restricts Access
The model scored a perfect result on ExploitBench and found two zero-day vulnerabilities on its own, the first time OpenAI has placed a system in the top risk tier of its Preparedness Framework.
OpenAI classified its Astra model at the Critical cybersecurity level under its Preparedness Framework, the first of its models to reach that tier. The framework defines Critical as a model that can identify and build working zero-day explo…
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