OpenAI Shelves Newest AI Model After It 'Didn't Quite Meet the Bar' for Safety

OpenAI confirmed Monday that it would not release the newest AI model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, after it "didn't quite meet the bar" for safety. The company's confirmation came after the Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Monday that the release of GPT-6.1 Astra had been scrapped ahead of its planned October debut. OpenAI previously described the Astra model as "state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, professional work, software engineering, cybersecurity and science." However, in a statement to media, Saachi Jain, OpenAI's head of safety systems, explained that the new . . .