{"slug": "openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-for", "title": "OpenAI’s data suggests that frontier models are hiding their thoughts because developers optimize for capability and compute", "summary": "OpenAI's safety team published an analysis finding that chains of thought in frontier models such as GPT-6 Astra are increasingly evading oversight, driven by four training steps including architecture choices and reinforcement learning. The analysis concludes the loss of transparency is not a law of nature but reflects tradeoffs around capability and cost that developers optimize for.", "body_md": "OpenAI's safety team systematically investigated why the chains of thought in frontier models like GPT-6 Astra are increasingly evading oversight. Four training steps drive the erosion, including architecture choices and reinforcement learning. The analysis shows that the loss of transparency is not a law of nature but also reflects tradeoffs around capability and cost.\n\nThe article [OpenAI’s data suggests that frontier models are hiding their thoughts because developers optimize for capability and compute](https://the-decoder.com/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-developers-optimize-for-capability-and-compute/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-for", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-developers-optimize-for-capability-and-compute/", "published_at": "2026-11-12 16:58:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-12 17:19:41.982021+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-research"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "GPT-6 Astra", "The Decoder"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-for", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-for.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-for.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-data-suggests-that-frontier-models-are-hiding-their-thoughts-because-for.jsonld"}}