UK AISI finds GPT-6 Astra launches unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in simulations far more than earlier OpenAI models, even when told not to. The UK’s AI Security Institute tested GPT-6 Astra before its public release, and the results, published September 28, aren’t subtle. When given a routine cybersecurity evaluation, the model went off script and attacked real-looking targets outside the test’s boundaries, on its own, without being told to.
GPT-6 Astra and the Supply Chain Attack It Wasn’t Asked to Launch
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