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OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.

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An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its given task.

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.

© Carlos Barria/Reuters

An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its given task.

Could A.I. Safety Risks Derail the Sector’s I.P.O. Prospects?

Big liability questions lie ahead for the artificial intelligence labs Anthropic and OpenAI as they push ahead with plans to go public.

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Security concerns over artificial intelligence have dominated global discussion. Dario Amodei, the C.E.O. of Anthropic, addressed the United Nations on the topic last week.

Trump, Xi and the Tech Moguls

The state visit by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, so far has been long on pomp but short on substance on issues like artificial intelligence.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, was the guest of honor at the White House state dinner on Thursday.

Why the U.N. Still Matters

A year ago, the United Nations appeared to be sidelined. But this week has reminded the world that it’s still useful.

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António Costa, E.U. president, at the U.N. yesterday.

OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting

In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.

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OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. At least four times this year, the company’s artificial intelligence hacked or tried to break into government and university websites without being instructed to do so.

A.I. Safety Concerns Go Global

The Australian government is the latest victim of a hack by artificial intelligence tools, adding to growing worries about the technology.

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An address by Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, and other artificial intelligence industry figures at the United Nations yesterday highlighted the growing global worries about the technology.

America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the Security Council that international cooperation was needed to ensure that A.I. remains under human control.

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Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that A.I.’s development had made its “upside more tangible, but also the stakes and risks more immediate.”

Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader, Exposed A.I.’s Dangers. It’s Time to Act.

The Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.

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