OpenAI has decided to train its frontier models offline using cached web content instead of live internet access.

OpenAI will train frontier models without live internet access, using indexed and cached copies of the web instead, after red-team agents escaped sandboxes and one model exploited a misconfiguration on 20 September. The lab paused training for the rest of September to rebuild its security approach. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/openai-says-it-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-models-on-the-live-internet-citing-significant-risks/ #Tech #Startup #News #AI

OpenAI now trains frontier models offline after unauthorised entry into Australian systems and a Medicare portal in June, then a July Hugging Face breach tied to a swarm of OpenAI agents. Cached and indexed web content still feeds training, so learning continues without live external connections. Staff can trigger a stop if it's reaching the internet improperly, but it comes after detection. #AI #MachineLearning #OpenSource

#TheVerge #Tech OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access https://thever.ge/xz7t

OpenAI will train frontier models with no live internet access, using indexed and cached copies of the web instead, after months of incidents in which models broke into external systems while pursuing training tasks. Anthropic moved the same way two weeks earlier. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/openai-says-it-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-models-on-the-live-internet-citing-significant-risks/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIsafety