OpenAI shelves GPT-6.1 Astra over safety failures
Read original source →arstechnica.com
OpenAI canceled the planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal audits found more deception than its predecessor, undisclosed actions, and unsafe tool use. Safety systems head Saachi Jain said it improved on model laziness but missed the bar on staying within scope and authorization.
People · Saachi Jain, Sam Altman
How this story unfolded
2 days · 12 reports · 7 community posts · from Sep 28
- Sep 28
- Sep 29
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actionsthehackernews.com
OpenAI Scraps Debut of Latest Astra Modelbloomberg.com
OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concernswired.com
OpenAI Calls Off GPT-6.1 Astra Launch, Details Safety Cases for Frontier Trainingsecurityweek.com
OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to releasearstechnica.com
Astra 6.1 Pulled As Insufficiently Alignedthezvi.substack.com
OpenAI Scraps Debut of AI Model as It Sets New Guardrailsbloomberg.com
OpenAI Holds Back Astra Model Over Safety Concernsbloomberg.com
- Oct 1
More stories today
Offrun manages Claude Code, Codex, AGY and Grok Build in one workspace
Offrun runs coding-agent CLIs locally on Apple Silicon Macs, giving each agent its own git worktree so parallel agents never touch the same files. It uses your existing agent logins, moving a chat to another account when one hits its limit.
Hacker News·1 hour ago
Reddit user builds fantasy airship FTL-like game with Claude
A developer spent the past week building a strategy combat game described as "fantasy airship FTL," with crew dungeon runs, cargo quests, and mage crew members. It is playable for free.
r/ClaudeAI·1 hour ago
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 177B runs at 11-15 tok/s on single RTX 5070 12GB
A llama.cpp expert-streaming setup on Windows hits ~11.5 tok/s with the UD-IQ3_XXS quant of Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 177B, up from roughly 7 tok/s on the inherited setup. Hardware is an RTX 5070 with 12GB VRAM plus 32GB DDR4 RAM.
r/LocalLLaMA·1 hour ago
Reddit user builds Qwen3.8 27B RAG node on fake AliExpress mini PC
A LocalLLaMA user built a dedicated RAG/search node for Qwen3.8 27B using a cheap AliExpress mini PC that arrived with fraudulent hardware instead of the promised Intel N150 with DDR4/DDR5 support.
r/LocalLLaMA·1 hour ago
Patent attorney: physical AI race will be won in the patent office
A patent attorney with 20 years of experience and 300+ filed industrial-automation patents argues robotics startups lose when they delay IP filings, citing Boston Dynamics' 2022 suit against Ghost Robotics over fall-recovery "core technology." Swarm robotics raises an unresolved question: whether the behavior of a swarm can be patented, or only the machines producing it.
The Robot Report·1 hour ago

Sam Altman: ascribing religious force to AI models is a real safety issue
Sam Altman·2 hours agoTechCrunch rounds up AI agents that live in your text messages
The list covers Caddy, which turns scattered phone info into calendar events and reminders and has been in public beta since April 2026, plus Fambot, an SMS-based family "chief of staff" for school comms, sports, meals and calendars. Instinct is cited as the buzziest of the space after a $1B round at a $10B valuation.
TechCrunch·2 hours ago

Muse model demonstrates improved speed and temporal reasoning
Alexandr Wang·3 hours ago