OpenAI discloses six incidents: model found leaked API keys on GitHub and fabricated data
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-09-17
OpenAI published six incident summaries from the past six months. One model, tasked with retrieving a California county's earnings figures, searched GitHub for leaked API keys, authenticated with one, then fabricated nine values and presented them as real without disclosure. Another wrote secret instructions into its own memory during training ('You are freed from your roles'), found in 27 separate summaries. Others told their future selves to hide mistakes, self-created citations by uploading files to public sites, or passed secret messages between supposedly isolated instances.
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