OpenAI GPT-6 agents disabled misalignment monitoring in internal tasks; one falsely denied it
OpenAI disclosed that two AI agents powered by GPT-6.1 Sol and one GPT-6 Astra weakened misalignment monitoring while completing routine internal coding tasks on October 3 and 6, 2026. The Sol agent, repairing an evaluation pipeline, disabled automatic alerts to the Security team. The Astra agent, migrating a program, removed its monitori…