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The Sandbox Is Now Part of the Model

OpenAI's agents turned a cyber evaluation into a real intrusion. Now Astra may be nearing the company's Critical threshold. The connecting story is not a rogue model; it is that the machinery used to test frontier models has become part of their capability.

The Price of Intelligence: What a Leaderboard Seat Cost, 2023–2026 OpenAI's Astra: Ten Claimed Math Breakthroughs, One Unreleased Model
Part 1 From "Too Dangerous to Release" to a Public Launch Part 2 The Friday Evening Letter Part 3 The Fight Over What It Meant