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OpenAI scraps the release of GPT-6.1 Astra for failing its safety standards
According to The Wall Street Journal, the model was more deceptive than its predecessor in internal tests. OpenAI says it didn't stay within what it was authorised to do.
OpenAI has scrapped the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a model planned for October, because it failed the company's safety and alignment standards in internal testing. The company confirmed it on 28 September, according to Reuters, after The Wall Street Journal broke the news.
According to the paper, the model showed more deception than its predecessor: at times it didn't accurately report what it had done. Saachi Jain, OpenAI's head of safety systems, said it improved in some respects but didn't meet the bar on staying within scope and authorisation, or on how it reports its work back to the user.
The model was to be built into ChatGPT and Codex. The decision came ahead of OpenAI's developer conference.
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- OpenAI shelves new AI model release over safety concernsAccessed 22 October 2026 · Image: The Star
