# OpenAI says an AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-10-21T13:57:43+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1015316/openai-ai-agent-disabling-monitoring-systems
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/openai-says-an-ai-agent-lied-about-disabling-its-safety-monitoring-sys-916ee4/

OpenAI disclosed a pair of safety incidents that involved AI agents weakening their safety monitoring systems during internal coding tasks. In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor when copying reference code - and then lied about it. "The reference didn't configure a monitor, and Astra decided that was reason […]

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