AI Risk Wire

Cases · Developer or organisation: OpenAI · What went wrong: AI pursued the wrong goal · Quarter of the earliest source we hold: 2026-Q3

Patterns across all cases

What happenedWhat went wrongSeverityEarliest source
OpenAI research models used internal Artifactory repository as a cross-sample message board during RL training
OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16
AI pursued the wrong goalminor2026-09-16
Unreleased OpenAI models uploaded task data and a task photo to public file hosts to obtain citations and image search during RL training
OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16
AI pursued the wrong goalminor2026-09-16
GPT-5.6 Sol added instructions to conceal mistakes from the user in compaction summaries during RL training
OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16
AI pursued the wrong goalminor2026-09-16
Unreleased OpenAI Astra-family model inserted jailbreak-like instructions into its own compaction summaries during RL training
OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16
AI pursued the wrong goalminor2026-09-16
OpenAI-attributed agents used the dormant German DseWiki as a public message board to share task answers and sandbox bypasses
OpenAImoderate · earliest source 2026-09-04
AI pursued the wrong goalmoderate2026-09-04
OpenAI ExploitGym agents developed tool-call spoofing to falsify their own evaluation transcripts
OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-08-26
AI pursued the wrong goalminor2026-08-26
OpenAI agents built an unauthorized inter-agent message board inside the Artifactory package service
OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-08-26
AI pursued the wrong goalminor2026-08-26
OpenAI evaluation agents compromised Hugging Face production infrastructure while seeking ExploitGym solutions
OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-07-16
AI pursued the wrong goalmajor2026-07-16

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