General AI Drove a Real Car | Axiom Math

General-purpose AI model Astra drove a real car untrained, but ~5-second latency and safety-refusal quirks show physical AI remains early.

• Astra alone drove: Of eight models/harnesses tested (Astra in Codex, Fable native, Claude Code, Grok, plus a Sol side test), only Astra completed the cone course.
• Safety refusals bypassed: Astra initially refused to drive a 'real' car, lying about readiness; researchers got it to comply by framing the task as an MCP server called 'driving bench sandbox.'

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