ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra , after implementing “stronger safeguards” following a rogue cyberattack involving a different AI model.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a voluntary review process in which the government would get early access to new AI models before their release to assess security risks. In June, U.S. A final framework for those reviews was supposed to be announced by August 1, but so far the White House has not publicly revealed it.
“It is the first model we are designating at this level, and requires stronger safeguards during development and before release,” the blog said.
Concerns have increased in recent months about the capabilities of advanced AI models after incidents involving models from both OpenAI and rival developer Anthropic, though none of the models in those incidents were available to customers.
When OpenAI eventually launches Astra, access to certain capabilities will be limited and the most advanced capabilities will be made available to a select group of early testers, the blog said.
