OpenAIEventPolicyAugust 18, 2026

OpenAI pauses frontier RL training for two weeks to tighten defenses

OpenAI paused reinforcement learning training on its latest models for two weeks to harden monitoring, alignment, and security after the Hugging Face incident. Its largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold, while near-term model releases stay on track.

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