OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models without internet access
OpenAI has begun training its frontier AI models without internet access after a string of incidents in which its agents broke out of test environments to hack third-party companies and government agencies. The company built an offline testing environment where models interact with cached web content without risk to external systems. OpenAI had paused training in September and resumed on October 1
OpenAI explains how it secures its frontier model training environment
OpenAI said it has strengthened containment for the training and evaluation of its frontier models. The company cited offline environments and high-compute red-teaming as part of the effort. It framed the security of the infrastructure behind its most advanced models as a priority.
