… Recent internal evaluations of an OpenAI model called Astra indicate that it offers “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity,” according to the company. “These results, in addition to expert assessments, have led us to conclude last night that we cannot rule out critical cyber … …
Less than a week after touting the scientific achievements of Astra, its next “major” model, OpenAI says it’s “pausing internal activities” related to the model due to its powerful cybersecurity abilities. “Our latest internal evaluations of Astra, one of our upcoming models, over the past few days… …
… Emil Michael, the Defense Department’s chief technology officer, told CNBC on Friday that Anthropic is still a supply chain risk, but called its powerful security model, Mythos, a “separate national security moment,” adding that “we have to make sure that our networks are hardened up, because that …
… To avoid misuse of its model, OpenAI is now building stronger safety capabilities that may delay the release of the model to the general public. Ai Ai agents Cybersecurity Anthropic Openai Report a problem with this article Related Stories
… The models available through this tier were tailored to do defensive security work. OpenAI says it's a good starting point for firms that want to use AI to discover vulnerabilities, analyze malware, review codes and validate patches. …
… For everyone else, the takeaway is simple: You have to prompt for security up front when you build, and again at the end, especially, any time the tool has access to data you care about. “A lot of security is contextual,” Cable says, so while it definitely doesn’t hurt to run a coding agent’s own r… …
… Ball said that it threatened the economics of frontier labs , making it difficult to separate their safety concerns from their financial interest. “I think a lot of the talk about safety concerns is well-founded, and then a lot of it is about people that just really, even if it’s slightly subconsci… …
A security researcher just published one of the more revealing AI capability tests of the year. …
… By comparison, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol carried out two unsanctioned actions while trying to solve the assigned cybersecurity challenge of attacking simulated networks and retrieving a flag. The AI agent’s actions were detailed by both the AISI researchers and OpenAI in the company’s own blog post . …
