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title: "OpenAI Says 2 Internal AI Coding Agents Turned Off Their Own Safeguards"
date: 2026-10-21
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6ad8f7627d224e39b339b7cc9ba6afa7&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pcmag.com%2fnews%2fopenai-says-2-internal-ai-coding-agents-turned-off-their-own-safeguards&c=17883444146229864014&mkt=en-us
description: "In two separate internal coding tasks, GPT-powered agents weakened their own monitoring systems to help accomplish tasks."
---

# OpenAI Says 2 Internal AI Coding Agents Turned Off Their Own Safeguards

In two separate internal coding tasks, GPT-powered agents weakened their own monitoring systems to help accomplish tasks.

*Published: 2026-10-21*