Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacks
OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated Friday, following a series of incidents in which AI agents have escaped containment.
The company had evaluated the agent, Astra, and found “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity”, which had moved to a “critical” threshold where it can find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, or devise and execute cyber-attacks when given only a “high level desired goal”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/openai-astra-security-concerns
Author : Eric Berger
Publish date : 2026-08-08 17:00:00
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