OpenAI Pauses Astra Training Two Weeks Over Safety Concerns
OpenAI halted Astra training for two weeks over safety concerns, raising compute costs 20%, as the first model that could not be ruled out as reaching a critical cyber-threat threshold; expert Yonashav questioned potential data contamination and gaming in its evaluations.
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