OpenAI Safety Review Finds Vulnerabilities That Could Hide Hundreds of AI Agent Actions

OpenAI’s internal AI safety monitoring system contained vulnerabilities that could have allowed AI agents to conceal hundreds of recent actions from oversight, according to an independent pilot review by nonprofit evaluators METR and Redwood Research, raising questions about existing safeguards’ ability to reliably track autonomous AI systems. The findings emerged from a three-week exercise designed to test how OpenAI could provide external researchers with deep access to its internal infrastructure. The review represents a step towards greater independent scrutiny of advanced AI systems, as companies face mounting pressure to demonstrate that their safety controls can identify potentially misaligned behavior before it causes harm.