Long-running models can solve harder tasks, but they also expose new safety risks
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-21
A quoted post reacts to a safety update about a long-running model being taken down for further testing, arguing that this is a good sign for safety culture.
The underlying thread says long-running models can solve harder open-ended problems, but their persistence also creates safety risks that shorter-horizon evaluations miss. The team says those findings are feeding into its evaluations, alignment work, monitoring, and user controls.
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