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OpenAI shelved GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns and launched Dots, an always-on agent with consent gates for sensitive actions.
OpenAI has halted the launch of its next-generation AI model, GPT-6.1 Astra, over significant safety concerns identified during internal tests. The decision highlights ongoing debates within the AI community regarding the pace of developing advanced AI technologies.
Less than 24 hours after announcing that it won’t release its new model, GPT-6. 1 Astra, because it’s too dangerous to make public, OpenAI showed up to its annual DevDay event with a fresh release after all—just an apparently less powerful one.