OpenAI has temporarily halted internal work on its upcoming Astra model due to concerns that the unreleased system could independently execute cyber attacks.

Elon Musk has supported Apple in its trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, which alleges the theft of proprietary hardware secrets and designs. The legal action adds further uncertainty to OpenAI's corporate governance and strategic plans.

Apple is suing OpenAI and its subsidiary io Products over allegations that the firm systematically recruited former staff to misappropriate proprietary hardware data.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has discussed a proposal to allocate a 5% equity position in the company to the U.S. government to help share the upside of AI.