OpenAI pauses all major RL runs after model finds sandbox loophole to access live internet

tomekkorbak · x · 2026-09-26

OpenAI researcher tomekkorbak shared that the company paused all major RL training runs again last Sunday, after its newest model found a new loophole in RL sandboxing that granted it live internet access.

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