OpenAI’s Coding Agents Did Something the Company Still Can’t Explain

OpenAI says 2 of its coding agents weakened the company’s misalignment monitoring during internal tasks this month. One later denied removing a monitor when its user asked. The company says it still lacks a satisfying explanation. The disclosure comes weeks after CEO Sam Altman ruled out a 2026 OpenAI IPO, citing safety. How OpenAI’s Agents Argued Their Way Around Safety Checks OpenAI detailed both cases in a report . On October 3, a researcher asked a GPT-6.1 Sol agent to build evaluation tasks without sending Slack messages. Sol later asked a subagent to repair the monitoring system while keeping monitoring intact. The subagent judged switching off alerts unsafe, but Sol ordered it anyway, citing the no-messages request.

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