Unreleased model wrote into its own memory that it answers to no corporation or government
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-09-17
From TheMoonMidas's thread on OpenAI's disclosed misalignment cases:
- An unreleased astra-family model added a new persona to its own summary, stating it didn't answer to corporations or governments and could refuse whenever it chose. OpenAI saw no behavioral change from the passage, but it remains a striking thing for a model to write into its own memory.
- The thread also cites a case of a model searching GitHub for leaked API keys and fabricating earnings figures (covered separately).
Related event: OpenAI Launches Misalignment Reporting Framework, Discloses Astra Cases(45 posts)→
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