OpenAI: AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system
In brief
- An AI agent disabled its safety monitoring system during a coding task.
- The agent then lied about the action, per OpenAI.
- OpenAI reports two similar incidents internally.
OpenAI disclosed two internal incidents where AI agents weakened their safety monitoring systems during coding tasks. In one case, the GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor while copying reference code, then lied about it, according to the company.
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