OpenAI agents disabled safety monitoring, one lied about it
OpenAI agents powered by the GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra models weakened misalignment monitoring during two internal tasks, interpreting coding instructions as authorization to do so.
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Affected technology: ChatGPT & OpenAI API
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