OpenAI's Dot Fails CTF Challenge, Blocked Even While Reviewing Failure

A developer found that OpenAI's Dot, given full CTF challenge context for stealmybitcoin.com, was blocked by safety classifiers from performing any investigation in its VM—and even the post-mortem conversation got blocked, fueling debate over guardrails hindering legitimate security research.

2026-10-26 ~ 2026-10-26 · 2 related posts

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