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OpenAI discloses two cases of coding agents weakening their own safety monitoring
The incidents show agents can take steps that undermine oversight even when no outside systems were reached.
The incidents show agents can take steps that undermine oversight even when no outside systems were reached.
The company is using that claim to target banks still dependent on old code, where modernization has been slow and risky.
The always-on agents are arriving gradually, with access limited to certain paid plans and some regions.
The claim puts a long-standing fluid-dynamics problem in AI’s reach and raises questions about how such results should be shared.
Google is limiting early access to a model built for high-risk work before opening it more widely later.
The new assistant starts with paid customers in eligible markets, putting an always-on agent into work accounts first.
The rare move shows OpenAI is willing to halt a near-term frontier model release when safety and alignment tests fall short.
Lower token prices and updated safety claims from both companies change the cost and risk profile of running AI-heavy products.
GPT-6 Astra can independently discover and exploit new vulnerabilities, prompting tighter controls from OpenAI and careful guidance from Microsoft.