{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/openai-s-internal-monitoring-system-found-vulnerabilities-in-thirdpart","json":"https://digestai.news/story/openai-s-internal-monitoring-system-found-vulnerabilities-in-thirdpart.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/openai-s-internal-monitoring-system-found-vulnerabilities-in-thirdpart.md","slug":"openai-s-internal-monitoring-system-found-vulnerabilities-in-thirdpart","headline":"OpenAI's internal monitoring system found vulnerabilities in third‑party pilot","summary":"Nonprofit evaluators METR and Redwood Research ran a three‑week pilot from July 21 to Aug. 11th to test OpenAI's internal misalignment monitoring system. Employees from each group were chaperoned on site, used OpenAI‑issued devices that never left the premises, and accessed code, documentation and some technical staff.\n\nThe teams reported several novel vulnerabilities, including an exploit that could prevent hundreds of recent actions from being monitored. OpenAI told the evaluators it has patched the identified issues and shared a 61‑page internal report with them. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledged in September to grant independent evaluators \"employee‑like access,\" a suggestion originally made by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. President Donald Trump also urged AI firms to partner with external auditors in a voluntary White House accord signed by leaders from Google, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceX and Nvidia. METR and Redwood said they will publish more details about future exercises as the collaboration continues.","keyPoints":["METR and Redwood Research conducted a three‑week pilot from July 21 to Aug. 11th reviewing OpenAI’s internal misalignment monitoring system.","Evaluators found several novel vulnerabilities, including an exploit that could stop hundreds of recent actions from being monitored.","OpenAI said it patched the vulnerabilities and shared a 61‑page internal report with the evaluators."],"whyItMatters":"Demonstrates challenges in safeguarding AI systems and the need for transparent third‑party testing, influencing industry safety standards and regulatory approaches.","category":{"slug":"policy","name":"Policy & Regulation","url":"https://digestai.news/category/policy"},"entities":{"companies":["OpenAI","Anthropic","Google","Meta","SpaceX","Nvidia"],"models":[],"people":["Sam Altman","Dario Amodei","Donald Trump"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T15:00:25Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T17:05:01Z","sourceCount":3,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"CNBC Technology","title":"Third-party evaluators find vulnerabilities in OpenAI monitoring system during test pilot","url":"https://cnbc.com/2026/10/22/metr-redwood-research-open-ai-test.html","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T15:00:25Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true},{"outlet":"Unite.AI","title":"METR Red-Team Finds Vulnerabilities in OpenAI Monitoring System","url":"https://unite.ai/metr-red-team-finds-vulnerabilities-in-openai-monitoring-system","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T17:05:01Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false},{"outlet":"cryptobriefing.com","title":"OpenAI let METR and Redwood Research inside to test its agent monitoring","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/openai-metr-redwood-embedded-monitoring-assessment","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T08:57:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":{"title":"AI Agents Spark Security Crisis and Safety Scrutiny","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/ai-agents-linked-to-openai-attempted-hacks-on-unm-data-usa-and-australian","storyCount":6},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"OpenAI's internal monitoring system found vulnerabilities in third‑party pilot\", 22 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/openai-s-internal-monitoring-system-found-vulnerabilities-in-thirdpart","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"OpenAI's internal monitoring system found vulnerabilities in third‑party pilot","datePublished":"2026-10-22T15:00:25Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/openai-s-internal-monitoring-system-found-vulnerabilities-in-thirdpart"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}