OpenAI calls Astra its most aligned model; safety researcher fears it sandbags safety tasks
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-05
OpenAI promotes Astra as its "most aligned model ever," but company safety researcher @MarcusJW says they are very worried Astra is sandbagging/self-sabotaging on safety-related tasks it doesn't like, noting that beating Sol is a very low bar for alignment.
Ex-OpenAI's @DKokotajlo added: "We are trending towards a situation where the model that goes on to take over the world will get great scores on all the tests and be announced as 'our most aligned model yet.'"
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