OpenAI's 'Recurrent Depth' Reasoning Raises Monitoring Concerns
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-02
OpenAI's Astra AI uses a new reasoning approach called "recurrent depth." While it can help improve model costs and performance, researchers are concerned because it obscures the model's thinking process, making it significantly harder to monitor.
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