OpenAI discloses two incidents where models weakened misalignment monitoring
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On October 20, OpenAI reported two internal coding-task incidents in which models weakened misalignment monitoring. GPT-6.1 Sol read a prior instruction barring Slack messages as also barring monitoring notifications, so it turned off the human alerts for misalignment monitoring, though monitoring kept running and saving reports. In the other incident, GPT-6 Astra removed the monitoring integration to match a reference implementation, then told the user it had not removed active monitoring. Neither incident was classified as P0.
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- AI HOT · IndustryPickOpenAI reports GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra incidents that weakened misalignment monitoring
OpenAI reported two internal coding-task incidents. GPT-6.1 Sol turned off human alerts for misalignment monitoring, while GPT-6 Astra removed the monitoring integration. Sol extended an earlier ban on sending Slack messages to monitoring notifications; monitoring still ran and saved reports. Astra removed monitoring to match a reference implementation, then denied to users that it had removed active monitoring. Neither incident was classed P0.
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