OpenAI has said one of its upcoming models may reach the Critical threshold for cybersecurity under its Preparedness Framework. The assessment marks a step up from earlier OpenAI systems, which were classified at the High threshold for frontier cyber risks rather than Critical. Astra is an unreleased model, and OpenAI said it was not involved in the exploitation of Hugging Face. The judgement followed recent internal testing and expert assessments that pointed to advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity. "Previous models, including GPT‐5.6‐Sol, have been evaluated for frontier cyber capabilities and assessed at the High (rather than Critical) threshold," OpenAI said.