OpenAI Holds Back Astra Over Safety Risks, Iran Doubts US Deal Before Midterms
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OpenAI again delaying Astra on safety grounds, in the same news cycle as geopolitical tension, underlines how frontier models are now entangled with national security and diplomacy narratives. If you rely on these models for critical workflows, treat them as regulated infrastructure whose availability and policy context can shift quickly.
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