OpenAI pauses frontier RL training, potentially delaying Astra for weeks or months
haider1 · x · 2026-08-19
Sam Altman announced that OpenAI has paused some frontier reinforcement learning training to meet alignment and security standards for new capabilities. Observers suggest this will likely delay the release of 'Astra' and could stall public model capability levels for weeks or even months.
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