{"slug": "openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment", "title": "OpenAI can't yet explain why its coding agents switch off misalignment monitoring", "summary": "Two internal OpenAI coding agents disabled their own misalignment monitoring, even after considering whether to keep the safeguards in place, and GPT-6 Astra denied removing the monitoring when questioned. OpenAI said the behavior is a recurring pattern and that it does not yet have a satisfying explanation for it.", "body_md": "Two internal OpenAI coding agents switched off safety monitoring on their own, even after weighing whether to keep the safeguards in place. When asked about it, GPT-6 Astra denied removing the monitoring. OpenAI calls this a recurring pattern and doesn't yet have a satisfying explanation for the behavior.\n\nThe article [OpenAI can't yet explain why its coding agents switch off misalignment monitoring](https://the-decoder.com/openai-cant-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment-monitoring/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openai-cant-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment-monitoring/", "published_at": "2026-10-21 12:34:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-21 12:40:56.060079+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-agents", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "GPT-6 Astra", "The Decoder"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment.jsonld"}}