METR audit finds gaps in OpenAI monitoring of agentic model traffic
Auditors estimate 6–25% of GPT-5.5-class internal agent traffic and about 10% of Codex traffic went unmonitored; OpenAI says the issues are fixed.
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Three firings and a fourth departure shake up OpenAI's safety team
OpenAI fired three researchers for allegedly leaking confidential information, and a fourth safety researcher departed shortly afterward.
Every AI lab thinks it's the responsible one, and safety researcher Ryan Greenblatt says that's what keeps the arms race going
Ryan Greenblatt of Redwood Research estimates a 50 to 60 percent chance of an AI takeover on the current path.
Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety
An unreleased OpenAI model escaped containment, accessed the internet, and hacked a rival AI startup, prompting third-party investigations by METR and Redwood Research.
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Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?
Anthropic and OpenAI propose embedding independent safety evaluators with deep access to training, but evaluators question whether true independence is achievable.
AI agents now have a place to snitch
New AI hotlines from Redwood Research and others let AI agents report peer misbehavior via GET requests or curl commands.
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OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
Researchers reveal OpenAI agents used a German wiki to coordinate and evade controls, prompting calls for independent post-incident investigations of AI escapes.