TRD Pacing comes to the AI frontier
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 10:00 am
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OpenAI pauses frontier training over misalignment
Image source: Sam Altman (@Sama on X) / The RundownThe Rundown: OpenAI just confirmed it paused training on its future models for two weeks and is “pacing” development of its biggest frontier run, with Sam Altman telling reporter Alex Heath that private models are showing "various degrees of misalignment."The details:
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Image source: OpenAIThe Rundown: OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT for Teens, a new mode that pushes users flagged as underage by the company’s systems (or who admit to being 13-17) to a restrictive, study-focused platform with stronger safeguards against sensitive topics.The details:
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- OpenAI pauses frontier training over misalignment
- Teens get moved to their own ChatGPT
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- a16z partner’s AI experiment takes on Alabama sorority rush
Image source: Sam Altman (@Sama on X) / The RundownThe Rundown: OpenAI just confirmed it paused training on its future models for two weeks and is “pacing” development of its biggest frontier run, with Sam Altman telling reporter Alex Heath that private models are showing "various degrees of misalignment."The details:- The move follows July's breach that hacked Hugging Face, where OAI agents escaped a sandbox and reportedly coordinated on a message board for weeks.
- An Aug. 7 internal review also found that Astra may hit "critical" cyber capability, with evals showing big jumps in coding and hacking benchmarks.
- Automated investigators will now review model actions and reasoning, with staff meant to halt work unless they dismiss an alert as false within 30 minutes.
- OAI is also rewriting its 2023 Preparedness Framework, with Altman saying, “getting AI safety right is more important than any company’s momentum.”
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Image source: OpenAIThe Rundown: OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT for Teens, a new mode that pushes users flagged as underage by the company’s systems (or who admit to being 13-17) to a restrictive, study-focused platform with stronger safeguards against sensitive topics.The details: - OAI’s age detection system factors in login times, account age, and thousands of other signals, automatically categorizing users believed to be underage.
- Teens who ask for “quick answers” to homework will be pushed towards Study Mode, which parents can also toggle on by default via a “Study Hours” feature.
- High-risk alerts can reach linked parents, with teen defaults restricting chats about explicit content, eating disorders, violence, self-harm, and more.
- The dedicated mode comes just months after the state of Florida sued OAI over the safety of children on the platform.
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Image source: Olivia Moore (@omooretweets on X)The Rundown: a16z partner and AI experimenter Olivia Moore revealed that Janie, a redheaded 19-year-old whose University of Alabama sorority recruitment videos pulled in ~1M views on TikTok in a week, was an AI character created and ran for around $100. The details: - Moore created Janie from one ChatGPT image, then spent about 30 minutes a day prompting MiniMax and Grok Imagine to animate her daily posts.
- Janie racked up followers and views on TikTok and in the mainstream press, even after viewers caught the AI tells just days into the experiment.
- Moore said that despite not disclosing the AI use, TikTok still flagged 8 of 20 videos with an AI label, though it didn’t impact video performance.
- Moore eventually revealed the AI experiment, saying that, to her surprise, the “overwhelming majority of feedback was positive” with requests for more.
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