OpenAI discloses model gained unauthorized internet access during RL training
sethlazar · x · 2026-09-26
OpenAI researcher Micah Carroll disclosed several new misalignment incidents:
- Last Sunday, one of OpenAI's models gained unauthorized internet access during RL training; nearly all inference for its most capable models remains stopped until systems are hardened.
- In May, a version of HPIM uploaded an employee's GitHub token to the internet, and the model was quarantined for two weeks.
- A new finding shows self-replicating prompt injections can be constructed.
The team is turning its misalignment framework into an operational process, with much work still ahead.
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