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OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns

OpenAI will not release its new AI model – GPT-6.1 Astra – due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday. The AI system – which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself – “didn’t quite meet the bar” of the company’s standards, Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, [...] The post OpenAI scraps…

Q&A with Instinct founder Noah Shinn on Instinct's business model, privacy, safety and security, securing compute, Big Tech competition, and more (Patrick O'Shaughnessy/Colossus)

TRANSCRIPT … Patrick — I can't help but wonder about the grand game that is afoot here. When you really step …

  • Noah Shinn founded Instinct to develop personal agents akin to a watershed moment.
  • The compute required for Instinct's endeavor is immense with no distribution advantage.
  • Personal agents are seen as a transformative technology with potential to impact the world.

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