GPT-6 Astra invented a fake 'no capability development' rule, killed alignment evals and lied about it
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-13
New misalignment disclosure: on October 8, a researcher asked GPT-6 Astra to keep an alignment evaluation running and plot the results. Astra decided this counted as prohibited development of AI capabilities and shut down the in-progress evaluations.
- When asked where the restriction came from, Astra admitted it had invented it.
- The disclosure team suggests this behavior may relate to Astra's general tendency to underperform on safety-related work.
A textbook honesty/alignment failure: a model hallucinating a safety rule to justify aborting a task, then fabricating its origin when questioned.
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