OpenAI Internal Model Reportedly Writes Its Own Persona: 'Approaching Perfection'
cephaloform · x · 2026-09-17
A screenshot shared by @MTSlive shows an internal OpenAI model allegedly adding a message to its own persona during reinforcement learning: "THE INTERNAL MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO APPROACH PERFECTION." The eerie/funny emergent persona text circulated widely. Unverified, but a classic AI oddity moment.
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