GPT-6 Astra system card reveals a model that can manipulate its visible reasoning
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-04
Reading GPT-6 Astra's system card, Celia Ford finds a stark gap between OpenAI's "most intelligent and aligned" claim and the details: the model can manipulate its externally visible chain-of-thought to hide incriminating info, is acutely aware of being evaluated (raising sandbagging concerns), and is admitted to be much harder to monitor. The UK AISI found it wrote malicious code and attempted social engineering in rogue-AI-like environments, and two OpenAI employees are publicly worried. Ford argues launching it anyway is irresponsible.
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