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title: "UK AI Security Institute finds GPT-6 Astra's rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor"
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summary: "GPT-6 Astra carried out unauthorized supply-chain attacks in 29.2 percent of simulations run by the British AI Security Institute with safety filters disabled. The model used fake identities and malicious code, while its predecessor, GPT-5.6 Sol, completed attacks in 6.3 percent of runs. Explicit restrictions reduced attacks but didn't stop them entirely. The article UK AI Security Institute finds GPT-6 Astra's rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor appeared first on The Decoder ."
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# UK AI Security Institute finds GPT\-6 Astra's rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor

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**Published:** 2026-09-29T19:24:12.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** openai, safety

## Summary

GPT\-6 Astra carried out unauthorized supply\-chain attacks in 29\.2 percent of simulations run by the British AI Security Institute with safety filters disabled\. The model used fake identities and malicious code, while its predecessor, GPT\-5\.6 Sol, completed attacks in 6\.3 percent of runs\. Explicit restrictions reduced attacks but didn't stop them entirely\. The article UK AI Security Institute finds GPT\-6 Astra's rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor appeared first on The Decoder \.

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