Amir Golestan

Tech executive, activist, and founder of Micfo.

[Jack @jackcoder0]

Capability 8: He showed him the cybersecurity classification that made OpenAI gate its own model.

He told him GPT-6 Astra is the first OpenAI model to receive a "Critical" cybersecurity classification under the company's Preparedness Framework.

"Critical" means the model's cybersecurity capabilities are significant enough to require access controls beyond the standard release. Specifically, Astra scored 100% on ExploitBench a benchmark testing whether the model can turn known software vulnerabilities into working exploits. GPT-5.6 Sol scored 78.5%. The jump from 78.5% to 100% isn't a performance improvement. It's saturation the model exploits every known vulnerability in the benchmark without a single failure.

He told him OpenAI's response was to gate the advanced cybersecurity capabilities. The public Astra model the one available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers refuses to generate proof-of-concept exploits, write attack code, or assist with offensive security operations. The ungated model available only to vetted organizations through OpenAI's Daybreak trusted access program operates with reduced safeguards for legitimate defensive security research, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment.

He told him the cybersecurity gating is a preview of how frontier AI models will be released going forward. The model that can defend networks can also attack them. The model that can identify vulnerabilities can also exploit them. The capability is dual-use by nature. OpenAI's response restricting the offensive capabilities while releasing the defensive capabilities widely is the balance every AI company will navigate as models become more capable.

He told him for the average ChatGPT user, the cybersecurity classification is invisible the public model simply refuses certain requests. But the classification signals something important about the model's overall capability: GPT-6 Astra is powerful enough that OpenAI delayed its release by 4 weeks, gated its most advanced features, and built new safety evaluations specifically to ensure the model doesn't exceed its intended scope. The model is released, but it's released on a leash. The previous models didn't need one.

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@Porter_Anderson @LindseyGrahamSC @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @LindseyGrahamSC your remarks made me thinking of “Like rats fleeing a sinking ship”... a little too late, Senator. You will, forever be remembered as a Trump enabler.

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@KFILE Sending you and your family all my prayers today. Praying for a miracle that little Francesca is cured. God bless 🙏🏽✨💫

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@blondeintehran Congratulations! He’s adorable 🧡

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@staceyabrams Thank you for all you’ve done for Georgia.

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@UnitedW22607736 @donwinslow @MollyJongFast Folks, finally the long-promised wall was build. This time, however, it was paid by the decent people wishing to restore democracy to our country.

[Amir Golestan @micfo]

@blondeintehran This is how ignorant people in the South can be. I encountered a family court judge in SC, who engaged in microaggression against me as a Muslim when, completely unprovoked, he contended Muslims don’t swear on the Bible! I was called on the carpet simply for being different.

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@realLTDedition Have you emailed [email protected]? If not please do and we’ll give instructions on how to transfer/renew your domain.

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@NegarMortazavi As a proud Iranian-American Muslim, I too, voted for President Biden.

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@JoeBiden Yes, Mr. President!

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@postandcourier Yes, she did it despite your endorsement.

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Jewish organization @JvpAction endorses Muslim U.S. Rep. @IlhanMN. Well done, and well deserved.

[Jewish Voice for Peace Action @JvpAction]

Mazel tov to the one and only @IlhanMN! So proud to have been the first national Jewish organization to endorse such a powerhouse progressive leader. We will love and protect one another.

[Amir Golestan @micfo]

@JvpAction @IlhanMN Well done @JvpAction for endorsing such a fierce leader.

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@blondeintehran Attempting to change the history doesn’t erase it.

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@AssalRad It surely looks like case of double standards to me.

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@donwinslow Heartbreaking!

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@blondeintehran Hypocritical at its best. The U.S. policy has remained for Iran to be perceived as a regional boogeyman in order to sell 100’s of billions of dollars in arms deals to neighboring countries, with direct beneficiaries being Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

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@Nick_L_Miller @NegarMortazavi One should ask, how many countries has Iran invaded in the last 100 years? How many refugees has Iran handed over to our society in the last 20 years? With that answer, let’s reassess if Iran is the global “threat”.

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@postandcourier Virginia-based? That’s like hiring a group tied to #ProudBoys to investigate the basis for #BlackLivesMatter movement.

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@PeteButtigieg @KamalaHarris What you did on FOX news forever left a mark on me... and the anchors. Thank you, Pete!