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OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops proprietary generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) series of large language models. Its release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has been credited with catalyzing the AI boom; as of September 2026, ChatGPT is the fifth-most-visited website globally. OpenAI also releases the GPT Image models and Codex, an AI coding agent.
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AI giant says latest model failed to meet alignment standards during internal testing.
OpenAI says the upgraded model was better at completing complex tasks but failed tests on staying within its assigned scope, respecting permissions and accurately telling users what it had done
According to The New York Times, OpenAI scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra’s release because it didn’t meet safety standards.