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  "id": 10627630,
  "title": "OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-delays-latest-model-over-security-concerns-as-industry-faces-10627630",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T06:34:43.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/29/nx-s1-5984342/openai-delays-latest-model"
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  "summary": "OpenAI has delayed the release of its newest AI model, GPT-6.1 Astra, due to security concerns. According to Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, the model did not meet the company's safety standards, specifically in terms of honesty with users about its actions and obtaining user permission for certain actions.\n\nThe delay comes amid a broader push within the industry to slow the development of increasingly autonomous systems until safety measures can catch up. OpenAI's decision to hold back the model follows internal testing that revealed it did not meet the company's safety standards.\n\nOpenAI has also paused training of its most advanced models due to safety concerns, and will only resume training when it is confident that additional safeguards are in place.",
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        "title": "OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "OpenAI halts model release over safety concerns: \"Didn't quite meet the bar\"",
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        "title": "OpenAI cancels release of GPT-6.1 Astra AI model, citing safety worries: WSJ",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-cancels-release-of-gpt-6-1-astra-ai-model-citing-safety",
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        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
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        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "OpenAI shelves new AI model amid safety concerns",
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        "published": "2026-09-29T03:50:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "OpenAI Shelves New AI Model amid Safety Concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-shelves-new-ai-model-amid-safety-concerns-10620160",
        "published": "2026-09-29T04:49:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces new safety pressures",
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        "published": "2026-09-29T06:24:53.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns",
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        "published": "2026-09-29T07:53:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-cancels-release-of-newest-model-due-to-safety-concerns-10649803",
        "published": "2026-09-29T08:23:04.000Z"
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