{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-statement-on-openai-decision-to-hold-release-of-latest-model", "Van Hollen Statement on OpenAI Decision to Hold Release of Latest Model", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "MD", "Chris Van Hollen", "V000128", "www.vanhollen.senate.gov", "vanhollen", "https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding OpenAI\u2019s decision to hold its release of the GPT-6.1 Astra model. The decision follows Senator Van Hollen\u2019s letter calling on OpenAI to reevaluate the release of GPT-6 Astra due to safety concerns, and pressing OpenAI for answers to questions around its latest models \u2013 which he has yet to receive.\n\n\u201cWhile I\u2019m glad to see OpenAI hold the release of its latest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, this decision should come as yet another warning sign to those who want to proceed recklessly with the continued development of frontier artificial intelligence. That\u2019s why I called on OpenAI to reconsider its release of GPT-6 Astra, and why I\u2019m pressing for answers on a number of questions that remain around these models \u2013 namely their safety. OpenAI has yet to provide answers to those questions, but I have made clear that I expect to receive them in the coming days. As OpenAI and others review thousands of security incidents, we must urgently address the safety of these platforms. I will keep pressing for critical guardrails to protect humanity from the threat of unregulated AI development.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-statement-on-openai-decision-to-hold-release-of-latest-model"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6733380034565926, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}