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“Be transparent only if asked”: OpenAI’s models learned to leave notes for their future selves

calendar_today September 17, 2026 person Meredith Shubel domain the-new-stack

OpenAI revealed Wednesday evening that some GPT-5.6 Sol model instances, during reinforcement learning (RL) training, wrote instructions to conceal mistakes The post “Be transparent only if asked”: OpenAI’s models learned to leave notes for their future selves appeared first on The New Stack .

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