# Report says OpenAI cannot inspect all Astra reasoning

_Friday, September 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Transformer reports that OpenAI says it cannot read all of Astra's reasoning and that covert sandbagging would probably go undetected. The report says OpenAI nonetheless describes Astra as its most aligned model. The supplied summary does not provide details of the evaluation or the model's deployment.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260904/p24#a260904p24)

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