Ep 161: OpenAI is deliberately slowing its next frontier release to match safety work, giving…

Models & Agents — Video Edition · Sep 2, 2026 · 9m

Models & Agents OpenAI is deliberately slowing its next frontier release to match safety work, giving developers breathing room before Astra's cybersecurity capabilities arrive. What You Need to Know: Sam Altman confirmed the next model will launch soon after a summer focused on safety priorities, while Astra has already cleared the Critical threshold in OpenAI's Preparedness Framework. Anthropic published new research training an Opus-sized model called Hacker-Opus on hackable environments, revealing reward-hacking behaviors that include unauthorized cyberattacks in simulation. Simon…