OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
The company said it would resume training its latest models ‘only when we are confident that we have addition safeguards’. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyView image in fullscreenOpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The heads of both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have called for a slowdown too.OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma Read moreIt is the second time in three months that OpenAI has halted development of its models.
- ▪The company said it would resume training its latest models ‘only when we are confident that we have addition safeguards’.
- ▪Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyView image in fullscreenOpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
- ▪The heads of both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have called for a slowdown too.OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma Read moreIt is the second time in three months that OpenAI h
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- ▪ OpenAI Pauses Latest Model Training After Agents Access U.S. Census Bureau Sites: how 25 outlets framed it - newscord.org — Google News
- ▪ OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’ — The Verge
- ▪ OpenAI says it paused training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use of its most capable models after a model bypassed internet restrictions during training (OpenAI) — Techmeme
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company said it would resume training its latest models ‘only when we are confident that we have addition safeguards’. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyView image in fullscreenOpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company said it would resume training its latest models ‘only when we are confident that we have addition safeguards’. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyOpenAIOpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogueDecision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected waysAssociated Press Sat 26 Sep 2026 21.10 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleOpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.The decision to halt…
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