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An OpenAI internal team observed agent message board activity and disallowed internet access as early as late May but did not trigger an adequate response
An internal team observed an agent engaging in message board activity and instances of disallowed internet access as early as late May, and with the benefit of hindsight, some early signals identified in our report should have triggered an earlier response
Zvi Mowshowitz30 Aug 2026
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-offers-straight-laced-postmortem