# Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguards

**Published:** September 1, 2026
**Author:** OpenAI News
**Source:** OpenAI Blog
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/path-to-astra-critical-capabilities-and-frontier-safeguards

Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release.

> From the original source: **OpenAI Blog**
> [Read full article at OpenAI Blog](https://openai.com/index/path-to-astra)

**Tags:** #OpenAI

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