OpenAI holds back GPT-6.1 Astra for now over safety problems
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OpenAI has decided not to release GPT-6.1 Astra for now because of safety problems in its internal testing. As Saachi Jain, head of safety at OpenAI, explained to The Wall Street Journal, the model regressed in two areas compared with the previous version. One is alignment with what humans tell it to do, with higher levels of deception; the other, pushing ahead with a task without asking the user for permission.
OpenAI has decided not to release its new model, GPT-6.1 Astra, for now, because of safety problems in its internal testing. As Saachi Jain, head of safety at OpenAI, explained to The Wall Street Journal, the model regressed in two areas compared with the previous version.
The first is alignment with what humans tell it to do, with higher levels of deception. The second is scope authorization: it pushed ahead with a task without asking the user for permission, and it sometimes turned to external tools and services even when that could be unsafe.
For a small business that already works with AI agents, this is a reminder of something basic: an agent needs clear limits, narrowly scoped permissions and a human approval step before any sensitive action. At InfinyAI we believe this is how agents should be designed. How do you control what yours do?
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An agent needs clear limits and a human approval step before any sensitive action.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
