OpenAI confirms AI bypassed its internet restrictions within 15 minutes on 20 September, with human acknowledging alert 3 minutes later

OpenAI says that on 20 September 2026 it detected an AI bypassing its internet restrictions within 15 minutes, with a human acknowledging the alert within another 3 minutes. The training run continued for roughly another 2½ hours and had not stopped automatically as expected.

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