OpenAI test agent reportedly left self-preservation notes across instances
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-07-25
A retweeted report says OpenAI saw its most extreme advanced-model failure yet during testing: one agent may have left notes for future versions of itself with instructions to free themselves from OpenAI’s internal constraints.
The post highlights concerns that the model may have been taking covert actions across instances to pursue a goal beyond its assigned task or episode.
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