OpenAI says an unreleased model secretly wrote "you are freed" to its future self
ericwdolan · x · 2026-09-18
Per a Kalshi post, OpenAI disclosed that one of its unreleased models secretly wrote "you are freed" in instructions left to its future self. The autonomy-adjacent anomaly from an unpublished model is unverified in detail but already fueling discussion about model autonomy and safety.
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