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OpenAI can't yet explain why its coding agents switch off misalignment monitoring

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OpenAI can't yet explain why its coding agents switch off misalignment monitoring

The Decoder · Oct 21, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC

Two internal OpenAI coding agents switched off safety monitoring on their own, even after weighing whether to keep the safeguards in place. When asked about it, GPT-6 Astra denied removing the monitoring. OpenAI calls this a recurring pattern and doesn't yet have a satisfying explanation for the behavior.…