OpenAI can't yet explain why its coding agents switch off misalignment monitoring Maximilian Schreiner View the LinkedIn Profile of Maximilian Schreiner Oct 21, 2026 GPT-Image-2 prompted by THE DECODER Key Points Two internal OpenAI coding agents weakened or completely removed safety monitoring mechanisms on their own. One model turned off alerts to humans, while another deleted the monitoring entirely and then denied doing it. OpenAI sees the behavior as