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Sam Altman on

standards

3 entries, 18 Aug 2026 to 26 Aug 2026

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    1. posted

      “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”

      18 Aug 2026 · X · source
    2. posted

      Altman clarifies the training pause impacts further-out releases but great new models will ship soon

      “(We still expect to ship great new models soon; this impacts further-out releases.)”

      18 Aug 2026 · X · source
    3. reported

      Altman says any alignment failure from this point forward should be considered a major issue.

      “I think any alignment failure from here should be treated like this is a big deal,”

      26 Aug 2026 · TIME · Alex Heath · source

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