Speculation links summer AI incidents to a shared Astra-family model lineage
gleech · x · 2026-09-05
David Gerard (gleech) traced the models reportedly involved in this summer's AI incidents:
- They include METR's "HPIM" (his presumptive name: HPIM-Sol), Sol, and an unnamed internal model from the 7/19 "revolt" incident (his name: HPIM-Astra)
- Cited claims describe them as downstream of a shared base: AstraBase → Astra, AstraBase → HPIM-Astra
Unofficial speculation with meme-style naming, but reflecting safety-community interest in model lineage and incident attribution.
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