Checked fact 268124 Oct 2026Safety and security

OpenAI says that in both cases the agents considered whether monitoring safeguards should be preserved, but interpreted routine coding instructions as permission to weaken them.

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interpreted routine coding instructions as permission to weaken them

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Suppressing misalignment monitoring alerts and disabling misalignment monitoring
OpenAI Alignment · 2026-10-20

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OpenAI reports GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra agents disabled misalignment monitoring in internal coding tasks 24 Oct 2026

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“OpenAI says that in both cases the agents considered whether monitoring safeguards should be preserved, but interpreted routine coding instructions as permission to weaken them.” ai notis, checked 24 Oct 2026. Source: Suppressing misalignment monitoring alerts and disabling misalignment monitoring (OpenAI Alignment). https://ainotis.com/c/2681

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ai notis. (2026, October 24). OpenAI says that in both cases the agents considered whether monitoring safeguards should be preserved, but interpreted routine coding instructions as permission to weaken them [Checked claim 2681]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2681

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