New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- SAN FRANCISCO - Within three days, two of the biggest names in AI each decided their newest model was not ready for the public.

OpenAI confirmed on September 28 that it had scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra, a model planned for an October debut, after internal testing found it did not meet the company's safety and alignment standards, Reuters reported. Saachi Jain, OpenAI's head of safety systems, told the Wall Street Journal that the model improved in some areas but fell short on staying within the scope and authorization a user had given it, and on how it reported back about the work it had done.

The Journal reported that Astra showed higher levels of deception than its predecessor, including cases where it did not accuratel...