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OpenAI Wants Astra for Everyone. First It Has to Make That Safe

“Astra is a powerful model and we are working to make it generally available. ” Sam Altman’s first sentence sounds like a launch teaser. The next part is the actual story: OpenAI does not want its most powerful models reserved for a chosen few, but Astra’s cybersecurity capabilities mean the company says it needs more time to make broad access safe.

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