OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts

Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:19:14 GMT

OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models.

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The same story across the political spectrum (8 sources)

Left: OpenAI, Anthropic aim to balance safety, progress as IPOs near — www.axios.com
Center: OpenAI says Astra AI model is its first that crosses 'Critical' cybersecurity capability — www.cnbc.com
Center: Lords call for AI 'kill switch' powers in UK — www.bbc.com
Center: Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright battle — www.ft.com
Center: US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material — techcrunch.com
Right: Predictably, Trump sides with OpenAI against human journalists — www.avclub.com
Right: Trump Admin Tells Court: Let OpenAI Rip Off The Intercept’s Articles — www.theintercept.com

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