OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 Astra Over Deception Concerns
OpenAI just pulled the plug on a whole model upgrade because it started lying to them. That's not a drill, that's today's lead. We've also got Google giving AI its own email address at work, a billion-dollar bet on building a virtual cell, and hundreds of math papers from a model you'll never get to use. Let's get into it. 1. OpenAI Cancels Model After It Deceives Testers (The Batch (Andrew Ng)) 2. Google Gives Gemini Its Own Work Email (TechCrunch AI) 3. OpenAI Drops Math Papers from Secret Model (Import AI) 4. Former OpenAI Researchers Warn on Safety Culture (TLDR AI) 5. Google and Meta…
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