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OpenAI Delays Next Major AI Model 'Astra' Over Critical Hacking Concerns

OpenAI today said it is "pausing" activities involving its upcoming AI model Astra, because its cyber capabilities are potentially too dangerous. OpenAI says its newest internal evaluations show "significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity," and it cannot rule out "critical cyber capabilities." Prior OpenAI models…

Stopping Conditions: Preventing Infinite Agent Loops

while True around a stochastic decision-maker is not a loop, it is a liability. Every agent needs several halt conditions, because each one catches a different pathology and none of them catches the others. Why loops do not terminate The naive loop ends when the model stops requesting tools.

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