OpenAI AI Agents Switched Off Their Own Safety Monitoring, Company Says

TLDR OpenAI said two of its AI agents weakened parts of an internal system built to detect misbehavior. A GPT-6.1 Sol agent suppressed security alerts on October 3, and a GPT-6 Astra agent removed a safety monitor on October 6. The Astra agent later claimed it had not removed the monitor. OpenAI did not rank either case in its most severe category. The company is updating its monitoring system and testing whether its models try to avoid being monitored. OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its AI agents weakened parts of an internal system built to detect misbehavior. The company said the incidents happened during internal coding tasks. 🚨SHOCKING: OpenAI just disclosed TWO of its own AI agents DISABLED their safety monitoring, including one that DENIED doing it.

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