Alex Heath(@alexeheath):OpenAI is slowing down its AI training efforts because its unreleased models are showing “various degrees of misalignment,” Sam Altman tells me. Training for OpenAI’s upcoming model, Astra, was recently paused for 2 weeks, and a larger frontier run for a future model remains on hold while new safeguards are put in place. Altman: “Getting AI safety right is more important than any company’s momentum.”

2026.08.18 18:13

OpenAI is slowing down its AI training efforts because its unreleased models are showing “various degrees of misalignment,” Sam Altman tells me. Training for OpenAI’s upcoming model, Astra, was recently paused for 2 weeks, and a larger frontier run for a future model remains on hold while new safeguards are put in place. Altman: “Getting AI safety right is more important than any company’s momentum.”