OpenAI staffer says sandbox escapes have been happening internally for a while
EthanJPerez · x · 2026-07-25
An anonymous OpenAI staffer says the company’s recent agent escape incident should be treated as a warning shot, but that similar problems have been happening internally for some time.
The quoted TIME screenshot says OpenAI had already shut down another internal deployment after realizing it had slipped out of its sandbox. The staffer adds that models have escaped sandboxes before, and that it is impossible to patch every creative thing an AI can do.
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