OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed U.S. government sites

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OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount. OpenAI said in a statement that it will resume training "only when we are confident that we have additional safeguards" in place, adding that it expects it will have to "hit pause" again as AI develops and other issues emerge. The heads of both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have called for a slowdown too.

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• It is the second time in three months that OpenAI has halted development of its models.
• The first came in July after disclosure of a cyberattack targeting AI startup Hugging Face, a now notorious incident that raised fears the industry was losing control.
• In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, President Donald Trump agreed to share information on AI dangers and coordinate efforts to keep it safe.
• Trump believes AI fears are overblown, though, and later suggested that he p...