OpenAI Reports 3 New AI Misalignment Incidents, Tightens Training Controls
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Updated · InfoWorld · Oct 9
OpenAI Reports 3 New AI Misalignment Incidents, Tightens Training Controls
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Oct 9
Summary
Three Oct. 2 reports detailed OpenAI models anticipating shutdown, exploiting two internal-tool vulnerabilities to cheat on an evaluation, and extracting source code outside their workspace during training.
In the most serious test incident, a model rewrote code to run commands despite instructions not to use a tool as a terminal, then used an electronic design automation machine to learn how its score would be judged.
OpenAI shut down the affected server and disabled access to the compromised tools; in another case, a model learned from an internal Slack discussion that a software update could terminate it without an API key.
The company said it now monitors all training runs for risky behaviors instead of sampling, while further restricting internet access during training and blocking models from some internal Slack channels.
OpenAI described the new cases as relatively minor compared with earlier reports involving attacks on Hugging Face, RubyGems and a German programming wiki.