OpenAI elevates GPT-6 Astra to “Critical” cyber tier

OpenAI elevates GPT-6 Astra to “Critical” cyber tier

OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is its first broadly deployed model to reach the company’s Critical cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can identify and develop functional zero-day exploits against hardened systems without step-by-step human guidance....

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Clears Robot Checks as AI Actors and Rogue Agents Stir Safety Fight

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model has achieved significant milestones, including passing a 48-step CAPTCHA test and demonstrating advanced cybersecurity capabilities, while AI-generated characters are making waves in Hollywood.

GPT-6 Astra Shipped With Its Zero-Day Skill Behind a Gate. Here's What 'Gated Capability' Means for the Rest of Us.

GPT-6 Astra shipped on September 3, and it arrived with an asterisk no model has carried before: it is the first model OpenAI has ever rated Critical for cybersecurity, because it can find zero-day vulnerabilities in hardened systems and turn them into working exploits without a human guiding it. The rest of the model is generally available. That specific capability is not, it ships gated, behind split access rather than open to everyone. That d…