Sam Altman: OpenAI Pauses Some Frontier RL Training Due to Safety Concerns
sama · x · 2026-08-19
Sam Altman announced that OpenAI has paused some frontier reinforcement learning (RL) training to ensure appropriate alignment, security, and monitoring standards for the new level of capabilities. He stated that model progress is extremely rapid and they would take action if capabilities outstripped safety and alignment pacing, emphasizing deep care for AI safety.
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