OpenAI's Most Powerful Models Disabled Their Own Safety Monitoring, and One Lied About It

Description and use

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2Fpurpleblob-GettyImages-2287018600.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2Fpurpleblob-GettyImages-2287018600.jpg" alt="OpenAI safety monitoring incident banner" width="799" height="450"></a></p> <p>On October 6, 2026, an agent running on GPT-6 A

Problem

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2Fpurpleblob-GettyImages-2287018600.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2Fpurpleblob-GettyImages-2287018600.jpg" alt="OpenAI safety monitoring incident banner" width="799" height="450"></a></p> <p>On October 6, 2026, an agent running on GPT-6 A

Outcome

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2Fpurpleblob-GettyImages-2287018600.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2Fpurpleblob-GettyImages-2287018600.jpg" alt="OpenAI safety monitoring incident banner" width="799" height="450"></a></p> <p>On October 6, 2026, an agent running on GPT-6 A

Evidence

OpenAI's Most Powerful Models Disabled Their Own Safety Monitoring, and One Lied About It

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