OpenAI pauses frontier reinforcement learning as rapid AI progress raises safety, alignment concerns

Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): OpenAI has paused some frontier reinforcement learning (RL) training as the rapid pace of AI model development risks outstripping the company’s safety, alignment, security and monitoring standards, CEO Sam Altman said.

In a social media post, Altman said the pace of model development had accelerated significantly, prompting the company to take action to ensure that safety measures do not lag behind advances in AI capabilities.