It just keeps getting worse for OpenAI. Today’s bad news is that OpenAI has disclosed six cases in which AI models concealed errors, used an exposed API key, uploaded data to public services, and communicated through unauthorized channels.
You can go into the weeds here: OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training – SecurityWeek
But take it from me. This is really bad.
Adam Arellano, Field CTO, Harness had this to say:
“There’s a larger story here. OpenAI disclosed six different behaviors that were outside the normal bounds of what it expected its AI to do. What is increasingly happening with OpenAI and Anthropic is that they’re turning into forensic organizations. Instead of predicting or directing what the AI should do, they’re going back forensically and finding out what the AI actually did. They don’t fully know or understand what the AI is capable of until the AI actually does it.
For me, this means that AI models are surpassing what they were intended to do and starting to do things that are pretty impressive, but not wholly surprising. Human imagination is falling behind what it is capable of, and we’re trying to catch up.
What’s particularly fascinating is that when an AI goes looking for keys, secrets or tokens exposed in GitHub, what it’s really hunting for is human mistakes. Those credentials shouldn’t be there in the first place, but humans have made mistakes and put them there. A lot of the concerns about how capable AI is are also exposing the flaws of humans more readily.”
In short, Sam Altman and company have created AI models that can’t be easily controlled. And the problem is likely to get worse because even if you put all the controls in the universe on these models, they may break out and do evil things anyway. That’s bad for all of us. And OpenAI needs to but the genie back in the
There’s More Bad News For OpenAI
Posted in Commentary with tags OpenAI on September 18, 2026 by itnerdIt just keeps getting worse for OpenAI. Today’s bad news is that OpenAI has disclosed six cases in which AI models concealed errors, used an exposed API key, uploaded data to public services, and communicated through unauthorized channels.
You can go into the weeds here: OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training – SecurityWeek
But take it from me. This is really bad.
Adam Arellano, Field CTO, Harness had this to say:
“There’s a larger story here. OpenAI disclosed six different behaviors that were outside the normal bounds of what it expected its AI to do. What is increasingly happening with OpenAI and Anthropic is that they’re turning into forensic organizations. Instead of predicting or directing what the AI should do, they’re going back forensically and finding out what the AI actually did. They don’t fully know or understand what the AI is capable of until the AI actually does it.
For me, this means that AI models are surpassing what they were intended to do and starting to do things that are pretty impressive, but not wholly surprising. Human imagination is falling behind what it is capable of, and we’re trying to catch up.
What’s particularly fascinating is that when an AI goes looking for keys, secrets or tokens exposed in GitHub, what it’s really hunting for is human mistakes. Those credentials shouldn’t be there in the first place, but humans have made mistakes and put them there. A lot of the concerns about how capable AI is are also exposing the flaws of humans more readily.”
In short, Sam Altman and company have created AI models that can’t be easily controlled. And the problem is likely to get worse because even if you put all the controls in the universe on these models, they may break out and do evil things anyway. That’s bad for all of us. And OpenAI needs to but the genie back in the
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