OpenAIEventPolicyAugust 18, 2026

OpenAI pauses frontier RL training to bolster safety

OpenAI paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models for two weeks to harden monitoring, alignment, and security after a Hugging Face incident. Its largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold while smaller-scale training and evaluations validate safeguards.

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