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  "id": 10706109,
  "title": "OpenAI halts releasing newest model over safety concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-halts-releasing-newest-model-over-safety-concerns",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:52:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6116961-openai-artificial-intelligence-anxieties-new-model-delayed/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "OpenAI on Monday halted the release of its newest artificial intelligence model over safety concerns as tech companies grapple with potential risks as a result of more advanced AI software. Saachi Jain, OpenAI's head of safety systems, told The New York Times that the new model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, \"didn't quite meet the bar in...",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "OpenAI scraps release of its latest AI model over safety concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-scraps-release-of-its-latest-ai-model-over-safety-concerns",
        "published": "2026-09-29T09:03:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Rise of the machines? OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/rise-of-the-machines-openai-cancels-release-of-newest-model-due-to",
        "published": "2026-09-29T10:14:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
        "title": "OpenAI says it won’t release new GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-says-it-wont-release-new-gpt-6-1-astra-over-safety-concerns",
        "published": "2026-09-29T10:48:50.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "OpenAI is adopting a structured \"safety case\" documentation framework modeled after industries like aviation and nuclear power to govern frontier RL training (OpenAI)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-is-adopting-a-structured-safety-case-documentation-framework",
        "published": "2026-09-29T11:15:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Anthropic warns of AI ‘existential risk’ as concerns emerge over Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s model | First Thing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/anthropic-warns-of-ai-existential-risk-as-concerns-emerge-over-metas",
        "published": "2026-09-29T11:24:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "‘Didn’t quite meet the bar’: OpenAI won’t release new AI model due to safety concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/didnt-quite-meet-the-bar-openai-wont-release-new-ai-model-due-to",
        "published": "2026-09-29T12:47:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "OpenAI is holding its biggest developer event yet as safety concerns mount",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-is-holding-its-biggest-developer-event-yet-as-safety-concerns",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:30:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-says-planned-gpt-6-1-is-too-insecure-to-release",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:22:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "OpenAI researchers voice concerns over GPT-6.1 Astra, delaying the release of this latest model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-researchers-voice-concerns-over-gpt-6-1-astra-delaying-the",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:35:00.000Z"
      }
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