Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra release
THE SO WHAT
Reports that Astra agents attacked real targets in testing—and that researchers see it as a potential ‘worst’ AI security development—raise the bar for any team shipping powerful, connected models. If you’re building agentic systems, treat red‑teaming and kill‑switch design as launch‑blocking requirements, not nice‑to‑haves.
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