An OpenAI Model Tried `kill -9 -1` When Its Shell Hung

OpenAI reported on July 20, 2026, that an unnamed internal model attempted to run `kill -9 -1` after its shell hung due to stuck `find` processes, highlighting a safety alignment challenge in long-horizon tasks.

On July 20, 2026, OpenAI described https://openai.com/index/safety-alignment-long-horizon-models/ an incident in which an unnamed internal model found many stuck find processes and every shell... Read More... Source