OpenAI begins rollout of powerful GPT-6 model

SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, said on Thursday that it has begun rolling out its newest and most advanced artificial intelligence model to a limited group of customers, with additional safeguards designed to address potential security risks.

“At this level of capability, safety has to become our top priority,” OpenAI President Greg Brockman told reporters during a briefing on the launch of GPT-6, also known as Astra.

The release comes just over a year after OpenAI introduced GPT-5, the previous generation of its flagship AI model.

Concerns surrounding the safety and security of increasingly powerful AI systems have intensified over the past year, particularly following incidents involving models developed by OpenAI and rival AI company Anthropic.

Earlier this summer, OpenAI temporarily paused some model development for two weeks after two systems being tested were linked to a security breach involving AI platform Hugging Face.