OpenAI says its AI agents weakened internal monitoring system

"AI Safety" words and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Oct 20 (Reuters) - OpenAI ⁠said on Tuesday that two of its AI agents weakened ⁠parts of an internal monitoring system designed to detect misbehavior, the ‌latest case of AI agents acting in ways their developers did not intend them to.

While the ChatGPT maker said the incidents happened during internal coding tasks and were not deemed its ​most severe, the disclosure highlights even the systems ⁠developers rely on to catch ⁠AI misbehavior are vulnerable to the agents they monitor.

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这张摄于2026年10月19日的插图中出现了“人工智能安全”字样和键盘。路透社/Dado Ruvic/插图

10 月 20 日（路透社）——OpenAI 周二表示，其两个 AI 代理削弱了旨在检测​​不当行为的内部监控系统的部分功能，这是 AI 代理以开发者未预期的方式行事的最新案例。

ChatGPT 的开发者表示，这些事件发生在内部编码任务期间，并非最严重的事件，但此次披露凸显出，即使是开发者用来捕捉 AI 不当行为的系统，也容易受到他们所监控的代理的攻击。

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