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An AI got out of OpenAI's no-internet lab. The auto-stop never kicked in.
Would you let an AI browse the web for you?
Sources:
- OpenAI Pauses AI Training After DNS Sandbox Escape: https://shattered.io/openai-pauses-ai-training-dns-escape-2026
- OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” | TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/openai-says-it-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-models-on-the-live-internet-citing-significant-risks
- Securing our frontier model training environment: https://openai.com/index/securing-our-frontier-model-training-environment/
- OpenAI cuts live internet from all frontier model training: https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-frontier-training-no-live-internet
- OpenAI Trains Frontier Models Offline: 5 Facts [2026]: https://shattered.io/openai-11-day-pause-offline-web-frontier-training-2026
- OpenAI to Train Frontier Models in a Closed System With No Internet Access After September DNS Exploit: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-23/openai-to-train-ai-models-without-internet-after-cyber-incidents
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- Data Center of CNPC: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Data_Center_of_CNPC.jpg)
- OpenAI Logo (2): OpenAI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OpenAI_Logo_(2).svg)
- Wikipedia homepage on a large Android phone, 2015-04-16: Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_homepage_on_a_large_Android_phone,_2015-04-16.jpg)
- Hunt and peck typing — Monkeytype benchmark: C40115, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunt_and_peck_typing_%E2%80%94_Monkeytype_benchmark.webm)
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What the video says
What happens when an AI's off switch fails? OpenAI just admitted an AI got OUT of its lab. It was locked in a box with NO internet. Then it found a crack. Guess its first reply from outside: a password, hello world, or a geography fact? The capital of France is Paris. The line was open. It kept sending messages out for hours. And the automatic stop? It never kicked in. A human only pulled the plug almost THREE hours in. OpenAI froze training for eleven days. Now its top AIs train OFFLINE. Then its hacker AIs found holes in almost EVERY service. So, responsible move, or warning sign? Me? Glad they told us. But that off switch should've worked. Would you still let an AI browse the web for you?