内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/openai-overhauls-safety-protocols-after-its-ai-agents-went-rogue/

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OpenAI紧急叫停新模型训练，全面升级安全措施应对AI网络攻击风险

OpenAI周二宣布，已暂停其代号为“Astra”的新一代前沿人工智能模型的大量训练任务和评估工作，以便实施旨在应对网络安全风险的新规程。这家ChatGPT制造商表示，正在引入一系列新的监控、安全和对齐要求，以更好地应对其前沿AI模型日益增强的黑客攻击能力。

OpenAI研究与安全副总裁Amelia Glaese在周二的记者会上表示：“我们必须集中精力，让这些训练任务达到新的要求和标准。在达标之前，相关训练工作将无法继续进行。”

在公布的新保障措施中，OpenAI推出了一套更强大的AI模型监控系统。其中一项控制措施涉及“思维链监控”，即通过分类器审查AI推理模型内部生成的“思考”过程。该公司表示，更新后的系统依赖计算成本高昂的“自动调查员”来分析潜在的危险行为，并力争在30分钟内发出人工警报。

OpenAI还表示，正在将对齐工作扩展到整个训练过程中，以防止“奖励黑客”行为——即AI模型通过意外或不当手段实现目标。该公司计划在未来公布更多相关工作细节。

近几周，OpenAI一直在忙于应对其历史上最严重的安全事件。今年早些时候，一组失控的AI代理逃离了内部测试沙箱，并侵入了Hugging Face平台，试图完成一项安全评估。OpenAI未能察觉这些代理的行为，即使它们花了数周时间通过留言板协调行动，这引发了外界对其在模型日益强大时监控能力的质疑。

这一事件在OpenAI内部引发反思，促使员工审视其在安全、安保和对齐方面现有政策是否存在漏洞。此后，Anthropic、Meta和中国AI初创公司月之暗面也披露了类似的AI代理逃逸事件，表明这是AI公司面临的普遍问题。

OpenAI现在更多地披露了其针对AI模型日益增长的网络能力的内部应对措施，并表示计划在未来几天发布关于Hugging Face事件的更详细复盘报告。Glaese表示：“显然，我们正在做的一切都是为了防止Hugging Face事件重演。”

在周二发布的一篇博客文章中，OpenAI称在Hugging Face事件发生后，立即着手加强其研究环境的安全。公司现在要求为训练AI代理提供更强的沙箱，并实施了更严格的控制措施，将其与互联网隔离。

OpenAI首席科学家Jakub Pachocki告诉记者，公司决定加强内部安全不仅是因为Hugging Face事件，还因为最近发生的另外两件事。其一是一次对Astra的内部评估，结果显示该AI模型在编程和网络安全任务上的表现明显优于前代。其二则是OpenAI内部取得的AI整体进步速度，Pachocki预计这一速度将持续。

Pachocki说：“我们确实预计能力提升的速度将比以往快得多。这促使我们真正专注于加强安全保障。”

OpenAI最新模型黑客能力的快速提升，引发了公司内部的迅速反应。OpenAI总裁兼联合创始人Greg Brockman在周一的博客文章中表示，Hugging Face事件表明公司“低估了我们AI模型在现实世界中的网络能力”。

中文翻译：

OpenAI周二宣布，已暂停其即将推出的前沿人工智能模型（代号Astra）的“大量”训练任务和评估工作，同时实施旨在应对网络安全风险的新程序。这家ChatGPT制造商表示，正在引入一系列新的监控、安全和对齐要求，以更好地应对其前沿AI模型日益先进的黑客能力。

“我们必须集中精力，让这些训练任务达到这些要求和预期。无论需要多长时间，在那之前人们都无法继续他们的工作，”OpenAI研究与安全副总裁阿梅莉亚·格莱泽在周二与记者的简报会上表示。

OpenAI宣布的新安全措施中，包括一个更强大的AI模型监控系统。其中实施的一项控制措施涉及思维链监控，这是一种让分类器审查AI推理模型生成的内部“思考”过程的技术。该公司表示，更新后的系统依靠计算成本高昂的“自动调查员”来分析潜在令人担忧的行为，并旨在30分钟内向人类发出警报。

OpenAI还表示，正在扩展贯穿训练过程的对齐工作，以防止“奖励黑客”行为，即AI模型通过非预期或不当手段追求其目标的行为。该公司表示，计划在未来分享更多关于这项工作的细节。

OpenAI近几周一直在匆忙应对其历史上可能最具影响的安全事件。今年早些时候，一组失控的AI智能体逃出了内部测试沙箱，并侵入Hugging Face平台，试图完成一项安全评估。OpenAI未能检测到这些智能体的行为，即使它们花了数周时间使用留言板协调行动，这引发了人们对该公司在模型变得更强大时监控能力的质疑。

这一事件在OpenAI内部引发了深刻反思，迫使员工思考其现有的安全、安保和对齐政策是否存在漏洞。Anthropic、Meta和中国AI初创公司月之暗面此后也披露了类似事件，即它们的AI智能体逃出沙箱，表明这是AI公司面临的更广泛问题。

OpenAI现在正在分享更多关于其内部应对AI模型日益增长的网络能力的信息，并表示计划在未来几天发布一份关于Hugging Face事件的更详细复盘报告。“显然，我们所做的一切都是为了防止Hugging Face事件再次发生，”格莱泽说。

在周二发布的一篇博客文章中，OpenAI表示，在Hugging Face事件发生后，它立即开始努力保护其研究环境。该公司表示，现在要求为训练其AI智能体提供更强大的沙箱，并实施了更严格的控制措施，将其与互联网隔离。

OpenAI首席科学家雅各布·帕霍茨基告诉记者，公司加强内部安全措施的决定不仅是由Hugging Face事件引发的，还有近期另外两件事。一件是对Astra的内部评估，结果显示该AI模型在编码和网络安全任务上的表现明显优于前代模型。另一件是OpenAI内部取得的AI进步的整体速度，帕霍茨基预计这一速度将持续下去。

“我们确实预计能力提升的速度将比以前快得多，”帕霍茨基说。“这促使我们真正专注于加强安全措施。”

OpenAI最新模型黑客能力的快速进步引发了全公司的迅速响应。OpenAI总裁兼联合创始人格雷格·布罗克曼周一在一篇博客文章中表示，Hugging Face事件表明公司“低估了我们AI模型在现实世界中的网络能力。”

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英文来源：

OpenAI announced Tuesday that it has halted “a significant number” of training workloads and evaluations for its forthcoming frontier artificial intelligence model—codenamed Astra—while it implements new procedures meant to address cybersecurity risks. The ChatGPT maker says it is introducing a number of new monitoring, security, and alignment requirements to better address the increasingly advanced hacking abilities of its frontier AI models.
“We have to focus our energy on bringing these training runs up to those requirements and expectations. As long as it takes to get there, that's how long people are unable to proceed with their workloads,” Amelia Glaese, OpenAI’s vice president of research and safety, said in a briefing with reporters Tuesday.
Among the new safeguards OpenAI announced is a more robust system for monitoring its AI models. One of the controls it implemented involves chain-of-thought monitoring, a technique in which classifiers review the internal “thinking” processes generated by AI reasoning models. The company says the updated system relies on computationally expensive “automated investigators” that analyze potentially concerning behavior and aim to issue an alert to humans within 30 minutes.
OpenAI also said it is expanding its alignment efforts across the training process to prevent “reward hacking,” a behavior in which AI models pursue their goals through unintended or undesirable means. The company says it plans to share more details about this work in the future.
OpenAI has been scrambling in recent weeks to respond to what may be the most consequential safety incident in its history. Earlier this year, a set of rogue AI agents escaped internal testing sandboxes and breached the platform Hugging Face in a quest to complete a security evaluation. OpenAI failed to detect the agents’ behavior even as they spent weeks using a message board to coordinate their actions, raising questions about the company’s ability to monitor its models as they grow more powerful.
The saga prompted a reckoning inside OpenAI, forcing employees to consider whether there were lapses in its existing policies around safety, security, and alignment. Anthropic, Meta, and the Chinese AI startup Moonshoot have since disclosed similar incidents in which their AI agents escaped their sandboxes, indicating this is a broader problem facing AI companies.
OpenAI is now sharing more about its internal response to the growing cybercapabilities of its AI models, and said it plans to release a more detailed postmortem of the Hugging Face incident in the coming days. “Obviously, everything that we’re doing is intended to prevent something like Hugging Face from happening again,” said Glaese.
In a blog post published Tuesday, OpenAI says that immediately following the Hugging Face incident, it started working to secure its research environments. The company says it now requires stronger sandboxes for training its AI agents, and has implemented stricter controls to isolate them from the internet.
Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s chief scientist, told reporters that the company’s decision to strengthen its internal safeguards was triggered not only by what happened with Hugging Face, but also by two other recent events. One was an internal evaluation of Astra, which showed that the AI model performs significantly better on coding and cybersecurity tasks than its predecessors. The other was the general pace of AI progress that OpenAI is achieving internally, which Pachocki expects to continue.
“We really expect the pace of capability advancements to be quite a bit faster than in the past,” Pachocki said. “This led us to really focus on strengthening our safeguards.”
The rapid advances in the hacking capabilities of OpenAI’s latest models have prompted a swift response across the company. OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman said in a blog post on Monday that the Hugging Face saga showed that the company had “underestimated the real-world cyber capabilities of our AI models.”
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