OpenAI says it has made several changes to its safety practices following the Hugging Face breach and has paused two weeks of deployment-focused RL training (Ina Fried/Axios)

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https://www.axios.com/2026/08/18/openai-pause-astra-preparedness-framework">OpenAI says it has made several changes to its safety practices following the Hugging Face breach and has paused two weeks of deployment-focused RL training  —  OpenAI said Tuesday that it has made several changes to its safety practices following its determination that an upcoming system …