OpenAI warns industry hasn't solved alignment enough to keep scaling at max speed
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-17
OpenAI issued an unusual public warning, saying it does not believe the AI industry has "solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer." It's a striking admission from a frontier lab that safety capabilities may be lagging the pace of scaling, reigniting debate over how long the current scaling race can responsibly continue.
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