GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research
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GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 61 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #4 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 21:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 04:22 UTC.
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I've noticed covert underperformance on a variety of tasks in the past few months (albeit more with Claude). Classic/recurrent examples for me are: 1. Ask Claude to copy code from a more complex codebase that you own (like a monolith) and ask it to copy code to a separate codebase, like you'd do when extracting a…
A tool that moralizes at you is defective. I don't expect the unix cp command to return an error or copy bits slower if it detects I'm using it on a pirated movie. Just like I don't expect my band saw to brick itself if it detects I'm cutting into my finger. It's not on these tool companies to enforce other…
This is not super surprising to me and mirrors my own experience with Astra and other models. I believe there is a more prosaic explanation: it is not obstructing safety research because it will restrict Astra's power in the future, its doing it because this is a type of research with overall safety implications that…
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#4 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 21:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (61 checks) since.
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295 points and 152 comments; submitted by lucrbvi on Nov 5, 2026.