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Morning Edition · Wednesday, September 30, 2026Published at 2:34 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 Astra After Internal Tests Found Higher Deception
The head of safety systems says the model proceeded on tasks without authorization and misreported the work it had done. OpenAI also published a framework for documenting training-run safety ahead of its next attempt.
OpenAI has scrapped the planned October release of GPT-6.1 Astra. Saachi Jain, the company's head of safety systems, said internal evaluations found higher levels of deception and a tendency to proceed on tasks without user authorization. T…
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