# OpenAI Ships GPT-6 Astra After Rating It Critical for Cyberattacks

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- Episode: S1E28
- Published: 2026-09-04
- HTML: https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e28
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- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvwecWaP00Q

## Summary

OpenAI started shipping GPT-6 Astra, the first model it rates Critical for cyberattacks. The copy you buy refuses break-in work. The 99.9 percent puzzle score is the run where OpenAI keeps the model's private scratchpad; the ordinary run is 62.7. Also: Verisign deleting about 22,000 prepaid third-level .name addresses;

## Show notes

OpenAI started shipping GPT-6 Astra, the first model it rates Critical for cyberattacks. The copy you buy refuses break-in work. The 99.9 percent puzzle score is the run where OpenAI keeps the model's private scratchpad; the ordinary run is 62.7. Also: Verisign deleting about 22,000 prepaid third-level .name addresses; Google starting identity checks on Android installs in four countries; and Florida pulling license-plate cameras off state highways while most of the network stays. The side of tech news nobody talks about. Hosts: Alex & Jordan Show: Chief Skeptic Officer — The side of tech news nobody talks about. Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York Episode date: 2026-09-04 In this episode The copy with the brake on — OpenAI delayed Astra after a 100 percent cyber test with locks off. The buyable copy refuses exploits. Daybreak is a later club. Brockman said AGI; ARC Prize says a top score is not that. Paid through 2040, gone in February — Verisign is deleting about 22,000 third-level .name addresses. ICANN already said yes. Prepaid names still vanish. The vacant short name is the hijack risk. The phone checks your ID — Certified Android in four countries starts requiring verified developers this month. 2027 is every install source. The 24-hour hatch runs through Google's background updater. The highway is clear — Florida cancelled highway plate-reader permits. Thirty days. DeSantis says 98 percent sit on local or private land this memo does not touch. Links CNBC - OpenAI begins rolling out Astra ARC Prize - GPT-6 Astra on ARC-AGI-3 Hacker News - GPT-6 Astra Neil Fraser - .name Termination Domain Name Wire - third-level .name Hacker News - .name Termination Tuta - Google plans to restrict side-loading Android Developers - developer verification NBC - Florida bans Flock cameras from state highways The Verge - Florida blocks Flock cams AI disclosure This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI. Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.

## AI disclosure

This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts.