DEVELOPING STORY DEVELOPING STORY, AI giant says GPT-6.1 Astra failed to meet alignment standards during internal testing. Published September 29, 2026 September 29, 2026 OpenAI has canceled the release of its latest AI model over security concerns, the latest industry move to slow development of the cutting-edge technology. The AI giant’s announcement on Monday comes amid heightened fears about the potential for AI to cause catastrophic harm after a slew of incidents involving AI agents going rogue. List of 4 Item Recommended Storiesend of list Saachi Jain, head of security systems at OpenAI, said the upcoming model, GPT-6.1 Astra, had not met its standards for acting in accordance with human wishes during testing. “Of course, we want to make sure that our model development is safe, regardless of whether it’s in the enterprise or when we ship it to users,” Jain said. “But when we send it.” To communicate this to users, we have an extremely high bar in terms of security and alignment.” More later…
