OpenAI has announced that it cannot rule out the possibility of its upcoming Astra model reaching a critical level of cyber capabilities according to its internal risk assessment system, the Preparedness Framework. Preliminary tests have indicated significant advancements in agent programming and cybersecurity problem-solving. This critical threshold implies that the neural network could autonomously identify and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in secure real-world systems or independently plan and execute attacks based solely on a broad objective statement.