OpenAI's Astra Becomes Its First AI Model With 'Critical' Hacking Abilities
Decrypt · Sep 2, 2026
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The unreleased model can find zero-day vulnerabilities and chain them into working exploits without a human walking it through each step, and access to that capability is starting with a small group of testers.
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