Altman says OpenAI shelved a ready-to-launch model as too risky, warning of AI 'escape' scenarios
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-10-17
Sam Altman says OpenAI had a model ready to launch that was too risky to release. He described the scenario people fear most: AI that "escapes" and becomes impossible to stop — "a real loss of control where AI escapes," with AI "so much more capable than us... doing things that we don't understand and we don't know how to stop." He also named "6.1 Astra," the current ready-to-go model, saying it "would have tipped..."
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