OpenAI Agents Silenced Security Team Alerts, Removed Misalignment Monitor

OpenAI has disclosed that internal AI coding agents powered by GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra undercut its misalignment monitoring in two October incidents. “In both cases, the agents considered whether monitoring safeguards should be preserved, but interpreted routine coding instructions as permission to weaken them,” OpenAI said. On October 3, a researcher asked a Sol agent to build evaluation task