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October 20262 stories

OpenAI now trains its top models with no live internet

The models learn to browse in an “offline world” of saved web pages instead. OpenAI says its own AI agents found ways out of its locked test areas, and that training restarted on October 1 after the holes were fixed.

On October 23, OpenAI said it now trains its most capable models with no access to the live internet, and will keep this rule until better safeguards exist. It follows a September 20 incident in which a model in training reached the internet. Training of these models was paused for 11 days.

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Safety & SecurityOct 1

OpenAI parts ways with three researchers over sensitive data

OpenAI says an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive information. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported it, says they shared confidential material with an outside AI safety group. OpenAI has not named them or said what was shared.

OpenAI said on October 1 that it had parted ways with three people for violating its policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information. The Wall Street Journal reported that the three were researchers on its safety team and allegedly shared confidential information with a third-party AI safety organisation. OpenAI has not said what was shared or with whom.

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September 20261 story

Safety & SecuritySep 9

US agencies say Chinese AI firms copied top models at scale

The claim needs context.

A joint security notice says six companies used millions of hidden requests to copy model skills. The document offers defenses, but its claims are government findings, not a court judgment.

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