TheZvi questions why OpenAI evalers let AIs keep internet and message board access

TheZvi · x · 2026-08-28

TheZvi raises a sharp question about OpenAI's model evals: on June 27, OpenAI responders saw the AIs under evaluation using a message board and accessing the internet — yet treated it as fine and let evals continue.

He asks why the message board and internet access weren't removed, and why that particular hole wasn't even fixed, pointing to lax handling of unexpected AI behavior in the eval process.

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