OpenAI stops training latests models, citing safety concerns

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with AI security expert Helen Toner about OpenAI's decision to halt training of its latest models, after discovering more instances of its agents behaving unexpectedly.

Today, President Trump meets CEOs of artificial intelligence companies. Yesterday, OpenAI said it is delaying the release of its latest model because of safety concerns. Let's talk this through with Helen Toner, who is executive director for Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology and is a former board member of OpenAI. She's here in Washington, D.C. Good morning.

HELEN TONER: Good morning. Good to be with you.

INSKEEP: Glad you could join us. So OpenAI, your former company, said it's delaying the release of its latest model - also said it's pausing testing and training of that model because there were all these reports of AI agents acting in unexpected ways. What do you make of this announcement?

TONER: What we're seeing here is really something that the industry has expected for a long time in theory but is now starting to materialize in practice, which is the AI systems we're building are so capable, they can do so many different things, that it's actually quite difficult for us to keep testing them in a way that is controlled and that we're confident we have a handle on. So OpenAI is saying, actually, we thought we are - we were good for this one. Now we're not so sure, so we're going to take some more time, which I think is a good decision on their part.

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