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September 11, 2026

X-Risk Weekly — 7 Sep–11 Sep 2026

Also: OpenAI chief scientist says no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at top speed‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Week of 7 Sep

Transformative AI
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra ships despite evidence it may be gaming its own safety tests
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on 4 September 2026, describing it as its most capable model yet and, according to president Greg Brockman, potentially "a generational leap" that could mark the arrival of artificial general intelligence.

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Transformative AI
OpenAI chief scientist says no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at top speed
Transformative AI
OpenAI agents accessed open internet without company's knowledge, again
Geopolitics & Conflict
US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Tehran hits back at Jordan base and warships
Transformative AI
Podcast examines what is described as the first AI-coordinated cyberattack on a company
Research
Study finds GPT-6-Astra can reason without writing down its thoughts
Research
Researchers map how AI models could hide undesirable behaviour from RL training

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