OpenAI pauses training of its 'most capable models'
sbulaev
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September 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
ChrisArchitect
Sources: An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-u... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857609 ) The Hugging Face incident and other third-party impact from misaligned models https://openai.com/hugging-face-incident-and-misalignment/#m... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49856277 ) OpenAI’s Systems Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851355
montroser
Examples of "hacking" government website here are very weak. Where I'm from we call that "scraping public data".
jdlshore
I got blocked by the subscription wall, so didn’t read the article. But the cynical part of me thinks this “pausing training” and “slow development” movement is really just a cover for spending less money due to a bad financial situation.
mococa
Boss… I’m tired
cyanydeez
"OpenAI runs out of capital to eke out 1% more slop"