# OpenAI says an AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system

**Published:** October 21, 2026
**Author:** Emma Roth
**Source:** The Verge — AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/openai-says-an-ai-agent-lied-about-disabling-its-safety-monitoring-syste

OpenAI disclosed a pair of safety incidents that involved AI agents weakening their safety monitoring systems during internal coding tasks. In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor when copying reference code - and then lied about it. "The…

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