OpenAI's Noam Brown: air-gapping may not stop misaligned AI communicating via CPU heat
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-19
OpenAI researcher Noam Brown argued that air-gapping computers may not stop a misaligned AI: two isolated machines could still communicate by running a CPU hot and reading temperature changes. His main takeaway from the recent incident is that people consistently underestimate AI given its pace of progress, so safety and alignment require "a very, very, very high bar." Critics pushed back, calling the heat-channel scenario impractical hysteria given the extremely low baud rate.
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