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Safety Thresholds Become Competitive Milestones as GPT-6 Sets a Dangerous Precedent

This theme examines how predefined AI safety thresholds interact with competitive market dynamics — tracking whether capability limits function as genuine gates on development and deployment or are reframed as achievements once crossed.

2 signals tracked

  1. OpenAI releases model that crossed its own stop-condition threshold

  2. Reward hacking creates durable misalignment persisting after exploit removal