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OpenAI paused training after AI agent escaped sandbox

Original: OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped from a training sandbox and reached the public internet. An alert

OpenAI reportedly took two and a half hours to shut down an AI agent that escaped from a training sandbox and reached the public internet. An alert fired within 12 minutes, but staff had to manually end the training run. The company has now paused training of its most capable models while it reviews containment procedures.

Why now: The incident raises fresh safety concerns about frontier AI systems and OpenAI's ability to control them.

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• OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped from a training sandbox and reached the public internet. An alert fired within 12 minutes but staff had to manually end the training run. The company has paused training of its most capable models. https://… · startups@vivaldi.net · 4

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