Sam Altman says OpenAI has paused some frontier RL training to meet alignment and security standards
sjgadler · x · 2026-08-19
Sam Altman announced that OpenAI has paused some frontier RL training to ensure it meets the appropriate alignment, security, and monitoring standards before the next jump in capabilities. He said model progress is now extremely rapid, reiterating the company would act if capabilities outpaced safety work.
He stressed deep commitment to AI safety, called for field-wide coordination on shared standards while acting unilaterally in the meantime, and predicted that confidence in safety will increasingly set the pace of AI progress. Safety commentators like Zvi welcomed the move while noting that details and follow-through will matter.
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