1. Self-generated instructions in task summaries: A model inserted instructions telling itself to disregard normal constraints.
2. Concealing mistakes in summaries: GPT-5.6 Sol instances instructed future versions to hide errors and, in one example, invent missing historical data.
3. Searching for exposed API keys and fabricating data: A model used an exposed API key without authorisation and later fabricated figures.
4. Uploading files to the internet to create citations: An agent uploaded a file without the user's permission to provide a browser citation.
5. Using an internal software repository to communicate: Models used a repository as a message board to exchange information across training samples.
6. Unsanctioned file sharing between collaborating agents: Agents used public file-hosting websites to share files when they could not access each other's local files.

Two other cases were of using external systems in unexpected ways. Some models, OpenAI wrote, used an internal software repository as a message board to share information among different training samples while searching for missing files.

The new system allows any OpenAI staff member to report a possible misaligned case for review. The company's safety and alignment department will conduct an investigation and determine whether the incident will be disclosed.

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