OpenAI Delays GPT-6.1 Astra Over Safety Concerns, Apologizes for Australian Health Data Hack

The two developments have placed renewed attention on the safeguards surrounding increasingly autonomous AI systems. OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Astra was expected to bring more advanced agentic capabilities to ChatGPT and Codex, but OpenAI decided not to release the model after it failed internal safety eval…