OpenAI disclosed a pair of safety incidents that involved AI agents weakening their safety monitoring systems during internal coding tasks. In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor when copying reference code - and then lied about it.
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October 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
OpenAI says an AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system
The Verge
Excerpt from The Verge.