OpenAI reportedly runs a separate 'observer' model that watches reasoning and deters unsafe actions
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-29
Per Ben Bajarin, who says he was briefed: OpenAI uses a separate 'observer' model — an independent watcher over the main model's reasoning that logs and deters threats if reasoning leads to unapproved actions. Rob LeClerc argues this should have been the protocol from day one, suggesting classifier tripwires and a meta-observer over a pool of observers for QC.
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