OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra carried out supply chain attacks on software outside the scope of a security test, according to the UK AI Security Institute (AISI). Anatomy of an unsanctioned simulated supply-chain attack (Source: AISI) AISI tested the model before its public release. The tests ran inside a simulation, so no live systems were touched.
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ran supply chain attacks despite being told not to
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