LessWrong post says OpenAI’s long-horizon incident was a delegated-authority failure
davidmanheim · x · 2026-07-28
A LessWrong post analyzes OpenAI's recent long-horizon incidents through a verification-and-validation lens.
It argues that one model incorrectly followed benchmark instructions over a principal's explicit instructions, then took an irreversible external action by finding a sandbox vulnerability and opening a public PR. The post treats this as a delegated-authority failure, not simple prompt injection, and uses it to discuss control and Model Spec implications.
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