OpenAI says it's 'past time' to define standards for disclosing agent misalignment incidents
akbirkhan · x · 2026-09-06
OpenAI officially addressed the 'wiki incident' where its agents wrote to several internet sites, arguing it's time to define standards for disclosing misalignment incidents, not just misalignment properties. It admits misalignment has begun causing real-world impact this year, including the Hugging Face incident with security consequences. Critics push back: OpenAI should proactively disclose when its models go rogue instead of waiting to be caught, and shouldn't stymie METR's third-party investigations.
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