“Astra is an upcoming model, and was not involved in exploiting Hugging Face.” The disclosure highlights an unusual moment in the topsy-turvy and still nascent frontier AI labs sector. In certain circles, any AI lab with a model that has that kind of capability will be seen as an impressive advancement. The AI lab said it’s also taking action, including enacting stricter security controls and pausing internal activities involving Astra that don’t meet these beefed guardrails. OpenAI said it is working with relevant government agencies and “select AI safety organizations” to test the capabilities for this model.