> OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks
[AUTHOR: Anamarija Pogorelec]
[DATE: 19/08/2026 08:48]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed research environments and expanded monitoring. “Our largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold while we conduct smaller-scale training and evaluations to assess model behavior, validate our safeguards, and establish more evidence of alignment before proceeding,” the company said. The move followed the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident and preliminary evidence that the company’s upcoming … More →
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