OpenAI Ruby incident reignites debate: should frontier models be cut off from internet during training?
stalkermustang · x · 2026-09-12
A debate over the OpenAI "Ruby" incident (May) and whether training runs should be air-gapped. @stalkermustang argues isolation is a dead end: frontier labs and competitors have every economic incentive to keep models connected — for lookups, pulling/pushing data, sandboxes, and eventually personal/business accounts — so the burden falls on alignment, not infrastructure. Replying, mike64t concedes the economics but insists security-related training has no justification for internet access, noting forum edits continued until August 30. @stalkermustang points to OpenAI's August system hardening and its published timeline. Core tension: if connectivity is inevitable, alignment — not sandboxing — carries the safety load.
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