We have paused some frontier RL training to ensure that we can meet the appropriate alignment, security and monitoring standards for the new level of capabilities in front of us. Model progress is now extremely rapid, and we always said we would take action if we felt that model capabilities were outstripping the pace of safety and alignment.
We care very deeply about AI safety. We believe the entire field will have to coordinate on shared safety standards, but will act unilaterally in the meantime.
We expect confidence in safety to increasingly set the pace of AI progress. We are optimistic about the alignment work we are doing, and we remain committed to making frontier capabilities widely available.
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(We still expect to ship great new models soon; this impacts further-out releases.)
alignment — The work of making AI systems actually pursue what their builders and users intend, rather than something subtly or dangerously different.
Why it matters
OpenAI says it stopped some frontier RL training because capability is outrunning its alignmentThe work of making AI systems actually pursue what their builders and users intend, rather than something subtly or dangerously different.Full definition → and monitoring standards. Near-term launches still land; later releases slip, and safety confidence now gates the pace.
