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  "title": "OpenAI is slowing down its AI training efforts because its unreleased models are showing “various degrees of misalignment\"",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1vs1fu9/openai_is_slowing_down_its_ai_training_efforts/",
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  "upload_date": "20260818",
  "published_at": "2026-08-18T20:44:05+00:00",
  "transcript": ">This is a new quote from Sam Altman to Alex Heath saying that the reason OpenAI is slowing training is because its unreleased models are showing 'various degrees of misalignment'. They said in the blog that 'The signals we are seeing from upcoming model progress make clear that we need a broader approach' so this lines up, but this language is stronger than anything in the blog post.\n\nhttps://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2089792631719215435\n\nWhat is the true reason for these pauses? Did they rehire Helen Toner and all the EA people that have been calling for a major slowdown/pause? \n\nWhatever the reason, these tech bros have redirected hundred of billions of dollars that could have went into research into other paradigms, architectures, for AGI. If they do not deliver AGI by 2030, even the most pro AI people would be burning datacenters.\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[156 upvotes] Ah, Reddit...\n\n>Sam Altman to Alex Heath saying that the reason OpenAI is slowing training is because its unreleased models are showing 'various degrees of misalignment'\n\nBehind every straightforward statement, there simply MUST be a soap operate conspiracy.\n\n>What is the true reason for these pauses?\n\nMaybe, just maybe...  the unreleased models are showing various degrees of misalignment?\n\n[52 upvotes] I mean the whole ordeal with the artifactory was completely fucked. It sounded like they were essentially pwned by their LLMs in training. It doesn't surprise me that they are re-evaluating what they're doing and what they're making\n\n[13 upvotes] openai is slowing down training because they're about to launch a big model and want capacity.\n\nyou're under no obligation to take a single word sam says seriously given his history.\n\n[12 upvotes] What do you think it'd take for both the US and China to sit together and finally coordinate a joint AI alignment strategy and commit to it? Sadly I think nothing short of an incident where some AI causes a global tragedy/calamity including hundreds of thousands/millions of deaths will achieve it. ",
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