OpenAI Astra Hits Critical Cyber Threshold as Safety vs. Speed Debate Peaks

AI models are now capable of finding and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities independently, forcing companies to fundamentally rethink how they balance capability with containment.

Evidence For

• OpenAI confirmed Astra has reached "critical" cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can independently find and exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities in real-world software without human guidance.
• The company paused Astra training for several weeks after the model hit this...